Word: homeyness
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Power Drive. Anxiety won belated recognition as a social phenomenon in the U.S. from Karen Homey. Erich Fromm and Harry Stack Sullivan. To Fromm, the Freudian frustration of sex energy becomes anxiety only when it involves some value or way of life that the individual holds vital to his security?for instance, the prestige of having a pretty wife. Horney believed that Freud put the cart before the horse; anxiety, she held, came before the instinctual drives?...
...important event in the lives of the hero and heroine came one night when the tired husband donned pajamas, jumped into bed, and put his arms around his wife, whereupon she said, "Let's get the colored lights going." Divorce proceedings began the next morning. In Mary, Mary, this homey incident is key, and if you can appreciate why this should be so, you will be taken up in the psychological struggle before...
Meyer speaks slowly, seeming to deliberate over the specific word that will best express each thought. His wry optimism and homey mannerisms have led some to compare him with Lincoln, and his own special synthesis of principle and realism strengthens this impression. "They may call me naive, but I have my streaks of skepticism and bitterness, you know. Life demands that everybody work out his own compromises and settlements...
After eight hours of sampling, the judges settled on a simple dish: dilly casserole bread. To homey, 56-year-old Mrs. Leona Schnuelle, Crab Orchard, Neb., went the $25,000 first prize. A veteran contestant, Mrs. Schnuelle has won such prizes as $500 (for judging cattle), a trip to Florida, an assortment of appliances and furniture. She tried nine times before she won the bakeoff...
Nixon makes speeches that are longer and more leisurely-but no marathons. To a standard, pretested speech, Nixon adds a few fresh, homey touches and local references, culled from his information-crammed notebooks on every campaign stop. He bears down heavily on patriotism, and, growing solemn, flatters his audiences by talking seriously to them. One favorite technique is to read a letter from a local partisan. In a Flint, Mich, parking lot last week, the letter was from Linda McGrain, 13, who wanted one of the Nixon family's new kittens. She would get her wish, said Nixon with...