Word: enjoyable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tradition, the life story of the Latin American dictator goes something like this: win power, steal, flee (aided by the hallowed tradition of "political asylum"), spend and enjoy. The story almost never includes: return home, face the music. Last week, in a startling change in the familiar pattern, the democratic government of Colombia stood up to a brazen former strongman and made him answer for his actions...
...Britain, filling out endless bureaucratic forms is accepted as inevitably as a bad cold, a bus queue or a summer holiday ruined by rain. But every so often the worm turns, and victims everywhere enjoy a victory against the common bureaucrat. Recently Builder Eric Neate. constructing a small factory at Andover in Hampshire, routinely sent a blueprint of the factory to the County Planning Committee. Complying with committee orders that all factories must have flower beds. Neate's architect indicated a space for "shrubs." Back to Neate came the plan with a question: What kind of plants did Neate...
...associated Jackson Memorial Hospital. Says Dr. Crampton sagely: "If a man has sense enough to realize that in many different ways he is not what he was ten years ago, and acts accordingly, he is 'way ahead of the game. Know your limitations-adapt yourself to them-and enjoy your privileges to the utmost." For such an old man, Dr. Crampton has coined the word "eugeron"-which well describes...
...campaigns, and stands an ardent critic of Administration policies. "A professor's activity in public affairs is generally a matter of taste. I feel that politics brings some reality and balance into my world. I teach agricultural economics, and political interests form my bridge with the Middle West. I enjoy my occasional lectures there. Sometimes I have to see an angry farmer, an angry man without a job, or even an irate Democrat, to realize the full impact of an economic situation...
...Henry Luce, though I might have made it up myself. In any event, I still feel no regrets. There's an advantage in the captive audience that I can't overstress. And so much of value goes on here completely divorced from the classroom. For instance, I thoroughly enjoy those lively discussions in the Winthrop House dining room...