Word: commonical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that "watchdog of the British bourgeoisie." Lowly Lo was so hooked on Holmes he instructed his agents to emulate Sherlock's "special abilities of detection, to do cloak-and-dagger and high-class special work, to live in unusual circumstances and to be exceptional men different from the common people." Now that Lo is out, says the paper, Peking's agents are mobilizing the masses for spy detail, "linking their hearts with those of the people...
...something more than merely onlookers. Originally he thought of calling the show "participatory art," but then it occurred to him that even the Mona Lisa requires a degree of participation. He finally settled on "Options" because he considers it a "more accurate and basic term, pointing to the common quality held by all such works-that they offer choices and alternatives...
...women who seek them. For the most part, these are women who want to breast-feed because they think it is natural, and for them the league has published a 166-page book, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, which in ten years has sold 150,000 copies. Less common but more dramatic are the cases of babies who are allergic to cow's milk and all formulas but can not get human milk from their mothers. When such cases are reported, La Leche members volunteer their surplus milk. It is then frozen and shipped to the starveling. (The Junior...
...handbook put less emphasis on such basic drives than on the welfare of mother and child. Medical research firmly supports their contention that a breast-fed baby is less liable than a bottle-fed baby to such distressing complaints as diarrhea, colic, diaper rash, allergies and infections-from the common cold to influenza and poliomyelitis. He also benefits emotionally from frequent fondling and being cradled in Mother's arms. The mother herself benefits because hormone changes associated with lactation speed contraction of the uterus after the stretching caused by childbirth. The incidence of breast cancer is far lower among...
...movie's screenplay and a new nonfiction book called The Promise of Space are selling briskly in bookstores. Some 22,000 miles above the equator, communications satellites are relaying TV pictures and telephone calls between the continents. The movie, the books and the satellites all have something in common: they are the brainchildren of Arthur C. Clarke, a tall, springy and remarkably imaginative Englishman whose writing bridges the gap between the far reaches of science fiction and the intricate realities of scientific fact...