Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Regarding your "Law Day" article: I hope that by such a celebration, perhaps some of the principles of law and justice may be re-introduced to that mass of human leeches masquerading as lawyers who feed upon the common man by twisting, distorting, thwarting and negating...
...meaningful to teen-agers." The adolescent constantly fears that his or her body is not following the lines of the "ideal" movie star. A girl worries about small breasts; a boy fears that his are overdeveloped. Most frequent complaints: acne, obesity, menstrual "disorders," lack of beard, the skin striations common to fast growth. Not every doctor cares to worry about such normal minutiae. Dr. Roth disagrees...
...after the bravos, for stars and host alike, there was one sonorous boo from the Washington Post and Times Herald's drama critic, Richard L. Coe. What cooled Coe was the common practice among actors of skipping performances for benefits, TV appearances and the like. That, he argued, is false advertising, since the public is never told in advance that the stars they paid to see will not appear-even when, as in this case, the arrangements were made six weeks...
...parking lot with capacity for 1000 cars may be constructed under the Cambridge Common, according to an order passed last week by the Cambridge City Council...
...article in your issue of May 5th referred to the possibility of "soundproofing" House dining halls by means of acoustical treatment of the ceilings. The use of the word "soundproofing" in this connection is a common error which unfortunately reflects more than semantic confusion...