Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Greek-born Christopher, 57, came to the U.S. as a two-year-old, rose from the tenements to amass a modest fortune as one of northern California's biggest independent dairy distributors. A city supervisor for ten years before becoming mayor, Christopher made his political personality as familiar to northern Californians as his milk bottles. He was a leading Rockefeller supporter in the 1964 presidential primary, whereas Southern California's Reagan made a name as a Goldwater speechmaker-a difference that Christopher emphasized, along with Reagan's lack of administrative experience, on a ten-city, hat-tossing...
Most of the familiar spy-story elements are there: an inexplicable but obviously treacherous plot against the national welfare of jolly old England, an equally enigmatic and treacherous villain, and a beautiful girl. All the events necessary for a good thriller occur with surprising regularity: a snappy, bone-crunching fight, an amusing seduction, and a sadistically satisfying torture...
Enthusiasm ran high among the 143 starters. Some arrived early to see the and of the Freshman intramural meet, and to loosen up. Others, less familiar with the ways of the long distance runner, shivered in the 42-degree cold...
...estimated that a perpetual police force of as many as 250,000 soldiers would be required to keep the country "in order." The economy would be in shambles from years of devastation; thousands would be without food. Hostility among the population would force the U.S. to rely on familiar cliques of embattled generals, out of touch with the citizenry. Social reform, by the very necessity of an authoritarian response to the ubiquitous guerrilla threat, would be nearly impossible...
...stock analysts, economists and businessmen, Standard & Poor's yellow financial reports on 1,800 U.S. corporations are as familiar as the daily news papers. S. & P. is so thorough that it even turns out a report on S. & P., modestly describing itself as "one of the leading organizations in the U.S. publishing financial information and advice and providing investment counseling services." Last week S. & P. President Fred erick A. Stahl announced that his company will merge with McGraw-Hill, the largest U.S. publisher of trade journals and technical books, in a combine that will greatly expand McGraw-Hill...