Word: entertained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Absorbed as they are with chat about cyclotrons and linear accelerators, Los Alamos scientists entertain little but avuncular contempt for people who reject the inevitability of nuclear power "until their lights go out." Says a nuclear engineer in S division: "People will believe in myths until the energy and oil crisis is a reality. There was uncertainty and near panic at Three Mile Island, but people will realize it was not all that...
...bumpy interstates. The carriage costs $9,950, horses not included. But, as the N-M spokesman explained, most people in Texas have their own. For more of the 19th century English flavor, N-M suggests hiring master chimney sweeps Dee and David, who, for $3000 excluding travel costs, will entertain your loved ones with songs and stories while cleaning your home's chimneys...
...Garp" was Irving's first success and he explained that his earlier books "suffered from relevancy" and were too caught up with the news. He continued writing, however, because he had nothing else to do, he said. "Some writers can entertain the possibility of doing something else. I don't have any other options," he added...
...Stage and film work kept Meryl on the run during her first months of marriage; since April, though, she has been staying home, where her husband works, in a sprawling studio-loft south of Greenwich Village. For fun they visit galleries and museums, go to the movies and entertain friends at home...
...trash saga; he accomplishes his victory even in death by calling down all kinds of electronic gods to attend: photographers, wire services, television networks, and at last even the bardic Mailer. No one else has so well caught the logic by which small creeps become celebrities, even when they entertain us with their doom...