Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presiding genius was winsome Pogo Possum, once described by his creator as "the reasonably patient, softhearted, naive, friendly little person we all think we are." Kelly himself claimed kinship with his gruff alligator; to the politicians and fat cats Kelly caricatured, the resemblance was clear. But to those who saw him away from his drawing board, joyously discussing his creatures as if they were real, Kelly displayed all the gentler traits of the possum...
...give eight degrees a year, or sometimes more, but we always like to hold it below eleven or twelve," Nickerson says. "But that's a subjective figure; there are so many interesting people in the world. So every year we have a fat list of holdovers that we consider again...
...clearly would have preferred former Treasury Secretary John Connally. In fact, the Texan had expected to get the nomination. But Democrats in the House and Senate mounted a vociferous lobbying campaign against Connally, saying they would not vote for the man -whom they described as a fat cat, wheeler-dealer and turncoat-under any circumstances. Even some Republicans sent word to Nixon that they would not vote to approve Connally. Declared Massachusetts Representative Silvio Conte: "I will accept anyone the President sends up except Connally." Conte went so far as to work the cloakrooms against Connally, reminding Northern Congressmen...
...week's testimony centered largely on the question of whether dirty tricks have become a normal part of the U.S. political process. The affirmative side was argued by John R. Buckley, 53, a G.O.P. spy who penetrated the Democratic campaign of Edmund Muskie under the code name "Fat Jack"; he blandly testified that such spying occurs in "every major election...
...Milton H. Erickson, M.D. (Norton; $8.95), written by Jay Haley, his longtime colleague and admirer. Haley shows how, out of hypnosis, Erickson has drawn a whole bag of ploys that persuade the patient to change himself rapidly. For example, a 250-lb. woman says she is "a plain, fat slob." Erickson takes over: "You are not a plain, fat, disgusting slob. You are the fattest, homeliest, most disgustingly horrible bucket of lard I have ever seen, and it is appalling to have to look at you." He continues insulting her-agreeing with her self-image and exaggerating it. The woman...