Word: farleyism
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...Farley Mowat, a maverick Canadian with his own obsessions about endangered wildlife (Never Cry Wolf; A Whale for the Killing) has an even greater concern for the truth; he ransacks the victim's diaries, analyzes her work and interviews some hostile associates who believe "she got what she wanted"; "She mistreated everyone around her and finally was done in." A strange figure begins to emerge from the mists. From childhood on, Mowat observes, the coltish, willful Californian was beset with resentments toward the father who deserted his family when she was six. Spiritually restless, she converted to Roman Catholicism, then...
...from 13.3% in 1979, the year he was appointed, to 1.1% in 1986. He consistently managed to persuade the other Fed governors to go along with tough and often unpopular policies. His skills with the board, the public and politicians inspired Economist Jack Albertine, vice chairman of Chicago-based Farley Industries, to call Volcker the "shrewdest bureaucrat in Washington since J. Edgar Hoover...
...Farley says he spent $70 and most of his sophomore year trying to figure a place to park. In his search for a safe spot, Farley accumulated nine tickets. One day he returned to his car to find that police had attached a metal boot to one of his tires for parking in an unauthorized area. Farley had to pay $50 to have the boot removed. He now has a parking sticker...
Neilson says that the car is especially useful because her roommates--a hockey player, a tennis player, and another a soccer player--share it and the expenses. This type of cooperative arrangement is not uncommon. Farley says that when he was paying $40 a month to park at the Botanic Gardens, his roommates helped pay the costs since they used the car as much...
...abundance of public transportation in the area is another reason cited against owning a car. "We have the T and the shuttle, so you don't really have to have a car," Farley says. He says that it is only beneficial to have a car if parking is inexpensive or if the owner is rich...