Word: faddishness
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...welfare, as well as his own, Ford must be more careful, at least until the recent unavoidable attention to the attempts on his life fades. Although Sally Moore insisted that she did not get her idea to ambush Ford from Squeaky Fromme ("Squeaky is insane," Moore scoffed), the faddish emulation of sensational acts can be a real danger. Ford can cut the odds by traveling less frequently. When he does yield to his yearning for a "dialogue with the people," he should do so at less publicly scheduled times. He can more safely mingle with people if they are totally...
...Shampoo. In the story of George (Warren Beatty) the hairdresser we get a glimpse of one path members of the drop-out generation may have taken as they grew older and realized that there was more to hair than a faddish protest, that in washing it, setting it, curling it, and cutting it there was a substantial profit to be made. Gone are the blue jeans, love beads, marijuana pipes, and Jimi Hendrix; In are velvet pants, platform shoes, sports coupes, and Jim Beam. Yet there remains the glibness of the cultural representation, be it theater or cinema, that attempts...
However, the number of actual volunteers on the PBH records has remained approximately the same as last year. The figure has hovered at just below four hundred for the past five years, after a 1967-68 peak of just under 1000 volunteers. But executives point out the faddish nature of much of late 1960's volunteering. "The numbers don't necessarily reflect a greater commitment," says Steve Cooke...
Penthouse Executive Editor Jim Goode says that swinging "has died a natural death." Feminists report that the faddish experimenting with lesbianism and masturbation by women heterosexuals as a kind of militant withdrawal from normal sex with men is now over...
...would like to stick to the old fashions of the Hermit Kingdom" -referring to the nickname Korea acquired in past centuries when it deliberately sealed itself off from outside influences. Traditional weddings and funerals, which are costly affairs, have been simplified. Clothes have become increasingly Western and faddish...