Word: enjoy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...huge reservoir of talent. His interest and participation in cultural activities and his just plain hijinks -capering on the Manhattan Bridge with a film crew to encourage motion-picture production in the city or playing touch football in Central Park -are reviving the city's ability to enjoy itself. If his energy and courage hold out, Lindsay may just manage to make New York City more livable as well as more governable...
...thought does define one of the cardinal sins of giving; most presents are offered to please not the recipient but the giver. Half the time, the Collected Poems of Ezra Pound are chosen to show that the giver is an intellectual, not because the recipient might actually enjoy them. The situation is happily reversed if it is the recipient who is struggling to prove his intellectual status-then the book becomes a compliment, where Valley of the Dolls would have been an insult. This is particularly true with very good-looking girls, who always want to be taken seriously...
...clearly stamped "Tiffany." The wrong but frequently observed rule is that a gift for a rich friend-acquaintance has to be relatively expensive, while the present for a friend of lower income can be relatively cheap. Thus, the giver often finds himself sulkily spending more on those who enjoy it less. Actually, any present for someone richer than the giver should be pointedly inexpensive but thoughtful, like hand-knitted ear muffs...
...Moon. What is enticing the tourists farther afield is not the search for better weather. All the islands of the southernmost state- enjoy a year-round balmy climate (average mean temperature: 75°). And, because of the prevailing northeast trade winds, the southwestern coasts of all of its islands (and not just Oahu) are nearly rain-free all year round...
...Greenson, women used to submit passively to a passionless sex that was little more than a service for their husbands. Not today. And a generation ago, women seemed much more dependent upon being loved as a prerequisite for sex, whereas today they seem just as able as men to enjoy it without romantic love. "Apparently, as they have gained greater freedom, they feel entitled to equal sexual satisfaction along with their other equal rights...