Word: habitations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...endless conjecture among newsmen as to the format he would follow in his press conferences. The talk went that Johnson, unlike Kennedy, did not feel comfortable at formal, televised sessions and would try to develop another system. Up to a point, the talk was right. Johnson fell into the habit of unexpectedly calling reporters into his office on Saturday afternoons, talking to them informally and at length...
What wonders of geological science are open to him who will behold "The Symmes theory of concentric spheres, demonstrating that the earth is hollow, habit-able within, and widely open about the poles" (Louisville, 1878) and C. Reed Teed's "The cellular cosmogony, or, The earth a concave sphere" (Chicago...
...that literacy and advertising encourage." He is even upset that people are living longer these days. "Unwanted by the business world, unwanted by their younger families, lacking authority, respect and responsibility," American oldsters may as well leave their Florida benches and march into the sea. Barzun has an irritating habit of telling other people how to live...
...late 1950s, the burly, hard-drinking son of the Irish ambassador acquired the irritating habit of belting Washington cops whenever he had been belting the bottle. He got away with it because diplomatic immunity extends to an ambassador's children-and cousins and aunts too, if they live in the ambassadorial residence...
...Plucky, Not Stupid." Washington newsmen were plainly sorry to see Salinger go. Though they deplored his disdain for detail and his bothersome habit of unexplained disappearances during presidential trips, Pierre was always sharp at painting the broad picture. "He would start talking," says one veteran newsman, "and he would damn near write your story for you." On the big stories, such as the Cuba missile crisis, Salinger rolled up his sleeves, lit a cigar the size of a shinny stick and plowed into his work with admirable professionalism. Most any time he was good for some congenial argument...