Word: gee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...womanhood. Pomme has traded in both her old name and her schoolgirl charms for embroidered clothes, an Iranian boyfriend, and a guitar: she sings songs about round and flat tummies. Suzanne wears a softly tailored suit and a "hey, I'm together now" smile. A hug, kiss and a "gee, you look great" later the two part again, this time promising to keep in touch with long letters...
...dance, the sheer pain of the effort to appear effortless. Writer Laurents has a similar capacity for catching the pretenses and bitchiness of life in a dance company. These touches lie at the heart of the picture's appeal, grounding it in a reality that offsets its gee-whizness...
...reportage. Harrison Salisbury, for instance, fresh from a month-long tour of China, has been able to write in the New York Times about the educational system, border strife and other subjects with greater depth than he could during a 1972 trip. He explains: "There was a lot of gee-whiz reporting then. It was like landing on the moon...
...offensive not because they tell lies but because the image they portray is ludicrous. Take, for instance, the television spot run by Texaco this summer. The announcer asks various customers, "How much profit do you think we make on a gallon of gas?" They respond with assurance, "Gee, at least thirty cents or more," or "I don't know, but a lot." The announcer then tells viewers sternly but calmly that many people are under this misconception but that in reality, Texaco only makes about one-and-a-half cents profit per gallon of gas. The implication is clearly that...
Listen, I gotta tell you a little secret, ok. But, but listen, you gotta promise that you ain't gonna tell no one, because I promised Joe I'd keep quiet and all. I shouldn't even be tellin' you, but gee, just one person. Aw, he'll never find out, now, will...