Word: consciousnesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hypochondriac, he is always conscious of drafts. He himself has had four serious illnesses; his first wife suffered from tuberculosis and his elder daughter died of it. His wife, his daughter and his mother all died within a year. Says he, with misty eyes: "There were three coffins in my apartment that year. It became quite impossible...
...occur in people who are mentally and physically healthy. They are victims of "dissociated waking": i.e., they wake up by bits and pieces. Their bodies are awake, but their minds are still asleep. Or, he thinks, their consciences are awake and needling the rest of the still sleepy conscious mind to get up and go to work...
...Ontario Northland Railway called on chefs of the province for a typical Ontario dish to set before tourists. First prize went to a thrifty meat pie (rabbit, chicken or beef). Saskatchewan ran the same kind of contest, finally gave the first prize to a doughy chicken turnover. In cattle-conscious Alberta a third competition ended up with an old standby: a king-sized steak...
Stomach Ulcers. Victims are aggressive, try to dominate other people, mold their environment to suit themselves. They are self-conscious and have strong likes and dislikes. Their eyes are sullen, their mouths firm; they have a "lean and hungry" look...
...Commencement Part "An Attitude Towards Literature," Kerans deplored the "long-lamented gulf between the serious writer and the reading public.... A literature which deals with the full and complex range of human experience... can become a standard and accessible literature only if it fills a need at once conscious and widespread...