Word: digester
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writing. The kinship of author and subject goes beyond elegant barbs at the high and mighty. Vidal seems especially appreciative of Burr's almost classical stoic outlook, a view reflected in Vidal's own works. Yet the question remains, why read a kind of digest of the life of Aaron Burr when there are sympathetic biographies and Burr's own letters and diaries available? The answer: Most of us will not take the trouble. In the interests of Burrian pragmatism, one must be grateful to Vidal for his history lesson. · R.Z. Sheppard
...campaign for Lazy is budgeted for $400,000, to be spent on ads in everything from dailies to girlies to Intellectual Digest. Instead of the shopworn "money-back guarantee," Karbo promises to hold the buyer's check or money order uncashed for one month; only 10% return the book. He also offers to evaluate readers' ideas, and the letters are pouring in. Says Karbo: "I'm just as lazy as ever, but I'm more bothered." And, of course, more rich...
...months or even years before the 200 solar scientists working on the Skylab program can digest the information. But some important discoveries have already been made, particularly about the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere. During the mission, at a time in the eleven-year solar cycle when the sun should be relatively quiet, two exceptionally large flares suddenly appeared; one of them expanded over an area 17 times the diameter of the earth. Under the direction of Garriott, a solar scientist by profession, the awesome event was photographed and measured from the first minutes of the eruption. Their...
...however, that Hunt told the committee in a private interview that Colson "was aware" by December 1971 or January 1972 of the "large-scale intelligence plan." Moreover, Hunt told the committee that he had received the impression from Conspirator G. Gordon Liddy that-in the words of a committee digest of the interview-"Colson had discussed Gemstone [the wiretapping operation] with Liddy...
...entitles each client to a complete report on every potential funding prospect in the FSC data bank, as well as biographical profiles of foundation officers. Members also receive a monthly news digest-Grants Daily Monitor-providing information on new grant programs...