Word: eating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even in two trips a newcomer picks up a good deal of lore. Pigeon-toed prints usually mean a man is running. You can tell which predator killed an animal by the way the carcass was entered: dogs and wolves eat through the back, lions enter through the rib cage. An old man's tracks tend to be more regular than a young man's. Because shoes conform to a man's feet, you can later identify in court the feet that made a track, even if the shoes used during the crime were thrown away...
...lean farmer in blue overalls: "Are we going to be able to get enough fuel this fall to harvest our crops?" A long-haired, bearded farmer, Jeff Poppen, wanted to know: "If they build this nuclear plant down here in Hartsville, are we going to be able to eat from our garden?" One oldtimer responded: "The question is, do we want to live the life-style we are used to living or do we want to go back 100 years...
...took only boys who had relatively minor neuroses. Today Wediko is more daring. Supported by private and public funds (cost per child: $1,500), it accepts badly troubled youngsters of both sexes. Of its 144 campers this summer, many have been battered and sexually abused. Some refuse to eat; others are withdrawn, suicidal and even homicidal. Explains Psychologist Hugh Leichtman, the camp's director: "These children are very resistant to change...
...eat it out, you fuckin' preppie wimp," Little Joe blurted and stomped away to his room where he would play Ramones and smoke dope until he was lulled to sleep...
...only speculate that the advent of the supercooled bedroom may be linked to the carnal adventurism associated with the mid-century sexual revolution. Surely it is a fact-if restaurant complaints about raised thermostats are to be believed-that air conditioning induces at least expense-account diners to eat and drink more; if so, it must be credited with adding to the national fat problem...