Word: crack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some, mostly the defiant young, blow their noses on it, sleep in it, set it afire, or wear it to patch the seat of their trousers. In response, others wave it with defensive pride, crack skulls in its name, and fly it from their garbage trucks, police cars and skyscraper scaffolds. In pride or put-on, Pop or protest, Old Glory's heraldry blazons battered campers and Indianapolis 500 racers, silver pins and trash bins, glittering cowboy vests and ample bikinied chests. The flag has become the emblem of America's disunity, and, in a land where once only wars...
...opponents in the tax-collection disputes. Many Ecuadorians hoped that Velasco's attempts to tighten tax policies and end private speculation in foreign exchange might help loosen the oligarchy's stranglehold on the country's economic life. The military took advantage of the takeover to crack and shave student skulls and to fill the jails with indiscriminate arrests. Among those seized was TIME Correspondent Mo Garcia, who was arrested without explanation in Quito and then expelled from the country after spending a night confined to a 6-ft. by 9-ft. cell in a Quito penitentiary...
...hand and took her next door to her neighbors, where, of course, she had never been. In this atomistic society, you are crammed into your own room and told not to visit your neighbor. When the neighbors answered, we went inside and looked at their ceiling. The crack continued all the way across their room...
...said, "it isn't your crack, it's the landlord's crack. You didn't cause it, he did. He let your apartment deteriorate. He's only interested in taking your money...
...teacher. You've got too much life in you for that. We go through a special routine when teachers walk into the store. You have to make them feel secure. Teachers are afraid of life. They're afraid to step up to the plate and take a crack...