Word: gladness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glad that gasping Americans "in high places" are finally getting around to cleaning up our atmosphere. Los Angeles is getting a little thick (thus my temporary residence in Indiana). But I sometimes wonder whether or not we're mixing up our priorities a little. Whenever I see someone smoking cigarettes and at the same time complaining of air pollution, I can't help chuckling. Why don't we clean our lungs out while...
...nominated by other House members who will be able to mark names on a House list one day in the dining hall. "There's a stereotype of people who run for this sort of thing." Hanify said. "This double nominating process might uncover some new people who will be glad...
...campaign a temporary reprieve for a fading outfit. "The Viets tried to kill us, and so did the Algerians and the French high command," said one veteran. "But in the end, red tape will get us. This may be our last beau geste." Said Garros: "We're damned glad to be here...
...glad it's over," said Columbia University Chemistry Professor Ronald C. D. Breslow as he hoisted a laboratory beaker full of champagne last week. Breslow was toasting the fact that after a frustrating 18-month search, Columbia had finally found a permanent successor to Grayson Kirk, who resigned the presidency in 1968 following violent campus disorders. The man who has agreed to take over from Interim President Andrew Cordier next fall: William J. McGill, 47, chancellor of the University of California at San Diego...
...world of pure fantasy, in which humor and Madison Avenue mythology explore hard-sell claims to product superiority. The agencies have created an unearthly band of mnemonic miracle-makers-a White Knight, a Green Phantom, Josephine the lady plumber, Mr. Clean the bacteriophobic eunuch, and the Man from Glad, who is gussied up in platinum hairdo and white trench coat. In one ad, a failing used-car salesman takes a dollop of Listerine mouthwash, and customers start buying without waiting for the sales pitch. In another commercial, a bespectacled, frumpish old maid uses Ice Blue Secret deodorant and is transformed...