Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GEORGIA. In 1952, says G.O.P. National Committeeman Robert Snodgrass, Georgia's Republican organization could fit "in somebody's hatband." Today there are organizations in 130 of 159 counties. Republicans have elected two city councilmen in Atlanta, another in Augusta, two state representatives, four state senators, and they are contesting several congressional races this fall. All this has gotten the Democrats out of their hammocks. They recently opened their first fulltime state headquarters in Atlanta. "Let's face it," says one Georgia Democrat, "it's the first time we ever...
...feet were the hardest part. First there was a gold ring to fit onto each big toe, and then two tinkling anklets to snap into place. Finally the soles of her feet were painted red. But it was not just for kicks. Heiress Barbara Mutton, 51, a Protestant, was marrying Laotian Painter-Chemist Prince Raymond Doan Vinh Na Champassak, 48, a Buddhist, and they were doing it his way. Babs had never tried a Buddhist ceremony, and so this time around it was a sari affair at her $1,500,000 estate near Cuernavaca, Mexico. There were seven tiers...
...trends in design and application. The system's basic working parts are "microminiaturized modules": complicated circuits formed by printing with electro-conductive ink on thin ceramic plates half an inch square. To the tiny metal networks are attached transistors and diodes so small that 5,000 of them fit into a thimble...
With the miniaturization of modules, computer units that once filled a room now fit into cabinets no bigger than a water cooler. This saves materials and floor space, but a much more important advantage is increased speed of operation. When a computer is working, a blizzard of brief electric pulses swirls through its innards. The transistors and other components react almost instantly, but the pulses cannot travel between them faster than the speed of light, which is about ten inches in one billionth of a second. If they must cover any considerable distance, they slow the computer down. System/360...
While her ear for dialogue is keen, her sense of direction falters. The various themes fail to fit together into a coherent fugue. Nonetheless, her characters are engaged in a sometimes sensitive search for meaning in their drab lives. Fred Willkie does a particularly fine job as Jake, a young garbage collector. Joel DeMott's performance as the waitress is fulled with nuance and her accent doesn't detract from her acting. Diane Kagan, who plays Gloria, one of the cooks, is less successful with the New York vulgar tongue, but Jaye Schulman as Lily, the other cook, is often...