Word: cocooners
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...William Shawn, the editor of The New Yorker--and a man famous for his almost mandarin courtesy--young Wally was raised in a cocoon of kindness where such selfishness was unthinkable. Only when he was sent away to summer camp did he learn the awful truth about the rest of humanity. He has never recovered from the shock. "The counselors were very rough and occasionally sadistic. Once, when they were annoyed with a boy, they actually suggested that we beat him up! The whole world turned out to be like that camp. I still can't get over...
...cozy storefront sits unassumingly on Broadway in Arlington, but inside, the warm glow of colorful walls and bright paintings create a comforting South-of-the-border cocoon. Co-owner Armida Amor glides about from kitchen to table to front door like a benevolent hostess, anxious to make sure you’re having a good time...
...performance as a gregarious geriatric rejuvenated by aliens is one of the high points of Cocoon, the sci-fi fantasy that has become one of the top summer box-office hits. Offscreen, however, veteran Actor Don Ameche, 77, seems already to have found his own fountain of youth. He reports he performed the movie's swan dives and jackknives in "all but a fraction of a shot." His secret: "a lot of hard work," including a daily five-mile walk and a 20-to-25-minute aerobics workout most mornings. For 35 years he has limited himself...
Dear Mega from Vega (Planet IV), Thank you for your letter, which has caused a certain amount of comment in these corridors (not to mention a scramble for the postage stamp). As it happens, there are lots of aliens visiting onscreen this summer: the godlike creatures of Cocoon, who put youthful zip back into the geriatric set; the vampires of Life-force; and the adorable, if grotesque, brats of Explorers, who steal Dad's jalopy, zoom around the galaxy and help three young earthlings build their own backyard spaceship. And of course everybody's favorite extraterrestrial has come back...
...disturbed by the fear that their parents might divorce. Nigerian mother Ida finds her English husband Aubrey cold and distant. Their differing temperaments lead to occasional violent clashes, but they stay together, thanks to "the canyons of love a child can throw open." Outside the family's sometimes shaky cocoon (their house is No. 26; the book's title refers to the twins' space in its loft), Georgia and Bessi have another place, mental as well as physical, that only they share. "This was the extra dimension," Evans writes. "The one after sight, sound, smell, touch and taste where...