Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republic may soon be complaining of U.S. neologisms, coinages, and other abuses. Like Americans, the Chinese can take comfort in H.L. Mencken's editorial, as valid today as it was 40 years ago: "As English spreads over the world, will it be able to maintain its present form? Probably not. But why should it? ... Stability in language is synonymous with rigormortis." In 1978, American prose continued to alter, irritate and entertain. To the purist, those characteristics may be evidence of deterioration. Certainly our language has been besieged by vulgarities. But it has also been enriched by vigorous phrases...
...Gore also proposes what he calls "retirement savings plus": a plan for voluntary, tax-free savings accounts similar to 401(k)s that can be used to supplement Social Security. Workers who earn as much as $100,000 a year will receive federal matching funds (in the form of tax credits) of as much as $1,500 a year...
...starvation. But many children's bellies are swollen with malnutrition, and the garbage heaps are well picked. The outdoor cafes and surfside sea food restaurants that once gave Luanda a festive air are empty and shuttered. Most of the storefronts in the city are empty too, and long lines form daily at the few shops still open...
Henson and Nebel began experimenting to see what effects they could get by synchronizing mouth movements with the words of the records they played. They used TV monitors from the start, which allowed them to edit their performances as they went along. The elements that would form the Muppet style were coming together. Only dialogue was missing, and this appeared in primitive form when they signed to do a series of commercials for Wilkins coffee. In the first of these, a happy character asked a grouchy type what he thought of the coffee. The grouch said he had never tried...
...rest is hysteria, as Kermit might say. The Muppets did guest appearances for everyone who had air time, and were well established by the time Sesame Street took form. Henson had everything except his own series, and this the networks refused to provide unless it was aimed strictly at children. Finally the FCC opened the 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. slot to local programming suitable for both children and adults, and HA! bypassed the networks by signing an extraordinary deal with Lord Grade's ACC group: 24 shows a year, international syndication, a healthy budget and complete artistic...