Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student described 2-S as a "class-conscious deferment which protects only those who are rich or fortunate enough to stay in school until they are no longer draftable." A number of professors at the conference complained that the student deferment had placed a "false value" on formal education by allowing students to avoid the draft and "hide in the endless catacombs of education...
...when there were peas to be shelled or a chicken to be stuffed. Ruth modestly admits that she is considered an excellent cook by her good friends ("and anyone who thinks I'm an excellent cook is a good friend"). Writer Marshall Burchard grew up in a food-conscious home in Boston; his father liked to re-create for his family meals he had eaten in European restaurants. While working on the cover, Burchard and his wife tried more than 50 recipes, many from Julia's cookbook, and "raised our food budget...
Figaro keeps on intimate terms with its status-conscious readers by publishing a column called Le Carnet du Jour, a listing of all the births, marriages and deaths of those who count in French society. "You're not really married if it hasn't been noted in Figaro," is a familiar quip. A 37-year-old boulevardier and gossip columnist named Philippe Bouvard cruises Paris in a Citroen equipped with television and a telephone. As he picks up tips, he phones any of 15 legmen and women to follow them up. "Before, only a name was enough," says...
What fascinates Bacon is the perfect portrait of human tragedy. He resurrects the image of man halfway between life and death like some mad coroner who frames the clotted residue of life. "We exist this short moment between birth and death," he says. "You are more conscious of sunlight when you see the darkness of the shadows. There is life and there is death, like sunlight and shadow. This must heighten the excitement of life. And then it heightens the horror...
Roosevelt must be conscious of this power and from all indications he plans to use it. After years of self-indulgence, too little thinking and barbarous political manners he plans a come-back. FDR Jr. may not take coming back to mean anything to do with the presidency. He is interested in non-oblivion, respectable non-oblivion. To qualify, he entered the race as the Liberal candidate at the request of Liberal Party boss Alex Rose, who wanted a name on the ballot that would draw votes and insure the Liberals third-party status...