Word: chapter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while White's experiences inhaling cigarettes from Camels to Newports do not have much relevance to the tobacco industries' policies as a whole, it seems, in this first chapter, that White is attempting to justify his writing of the book. By showing that he too was victim of the manufacturer's ploys, White avoids alienating smokers by appearing to be a "holier than thou" figure...
With this decision, and the expected certification by the Board, we will commence a new chapter in our relations with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. I will work to make this relationship as constructive and harmonious as possible. We are not likely to achieve this goal unless many people on both sides overcome the partisan feelings that have naturally arisen in the course of a long election campaign. I therefore urge everyone concerned to proceed in a positive spirit and to join in a creative effort to serve the needs of all our employees in a manner...
...autobiographical sections largely take the form of digressions from the scientific discussions, with the exception of a long, unconstructive chapter on the Nobel Prize ceremony. In other words, Glashow takes a break from involved discussion of particle physics to describe who his friends were then (and what they are doing now--either in their professional or personal lives), his apartment's appearance, the women in his life, et cetera, et cetera...
Despite scattered allusions to the famed Kennedy woman-chasing, Goodwin avoids turning his story into a kiss-and-tell memoir. Psychoanalyze-and-tell better describes Goodwin's finished product. The most provocative chapter in the book, entitled, "Descent," describes Lyndon Johnson's progressively paranoid behavior following the 1964 election. This chapter has drawn the most attention--and fire--to the book. Former Johnson aide Jack Valenti and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk have both bitterly attacked Goodwin's portrayal of the president. They accuse Goodwin of misunderstanding Johnson's eccentricities and misusing psychiatric terms that he knows little about...
GOODWIN does seem to have a point about some of the alleged Johnson "eccentricities." In a chapter called, "The Master At Work," Goodwin describes LBJ's infamous habit of conducting meetings while on the toilet. Goodwin tells how Johnson forced him to attend one of these bathroom meetings. "I remained standing, of course," Goodwin relates, "Johnson had the only seat in the room." Later Goodwin details Johnson's rantings about the Kennedys and "Harvards" and his absurd orders to fire one official or another for perceived acts of disloyalty. At one point, Johnson demanded that one of his top foreign...