Word: habits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nitinol's habit of springing back to its original shape when heat is applied also suggests to scientists that it can be used to convert heat energy to mechanical energy. Thus, say Buehler and Wang, it could be used in fire-extinguisher activators and circuit breakers. "The beauty of Nitinol," says Buehler, "is that it's something you load ahead of time. Then if you put it in the correct temperature range, it pulls the trigger itself...
...higher than his right. He peers out at the world through one clear contact lens and one that is blue-tinted; he is simply too lazy to replace the other half of either pair. He is a Pepsi-Cola addict, but insists that he has kicked the habit: he drinks only ten 16-oz. bottles a day now instead of 15. He likes to read about J. Paul Getty, because he is so rich, and his hero is Frank Sinatra, "because he doesn't give a damn about anything...
...Oklahoman on his ability to operate invisibly and with unquestioning loyalty-Johnson's prime criterion for any political trusty and the secret of Criswell's success. Thus in his two years as National Committee Treasurer, Criswell has regarded personal publicity as almost sinful. He makes a habit of not returning phone calls from the political provinces, and has exacerbated the estrangement of the national organization from state and local Democratic of ficials. Johnson once passed the word that the National Committee "isn't worth a damn except to raise funds." Under Criswell's regime, the party...
...INSTITUTIONS: "Self-congratulation should be taken in small doses. It is habit-forming, and most human institutions are far gone in addiction...
Mailer's Dread. One paper made a habit of covering the quirks of the convention. The Manhattan Tribune is a weekly that is due to appear regularly in New York in September, hopes to be staffed largely by Negro and Puerto Rican reporters; its editors decided that convention week was an ideal time to get started. It was edited for the occasion by Dick Tuck, an incorrigible prankster who delights in bedeviling Republican presidential candidates.* The Trib reported that the only "swinging" convention in town was being held by Negro morticians. Robert Miller, who had just been named Mortician...