Word: household
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...host's foremost concern is the massive lack of intelligence which must, he feels, have motivated a guest to arrive at such a respectable household at such an hour. The problem intrigues him so much, in fact, that he seems to lose all concern for me per se. He stumps down the stairs and walks right by me into the dining room ruminating with great enthusiasm on the evidence that it is possible to be born human without any brains at all. Having nothing better to do, I start up the stairs...
Among the many useful household items the Coop is selling are Harvard insignia toilet seats at $16.50, "slightly pornographic" Massage Mobiles and imported Kitchen Witches that ward off evil spirits and bad coffee, the household furnishings buyer said yesterday...
...their reputation as the most mobile people in the world, tearing up roots and moving-across the nation or across town-at the slightest prospect of a better life. The average American family changes its residence every five or six years, much more frequently than the average European household. Now, however, there are signs that the great national game of musical houses is slowing down. Since 1970, reports the Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans who move each year has dropped from 19.1% to 17.7%, the lowest rate in more than a generation. Says the bureau's Larry Long...
There is statistical evidence to support Graham's argument. Household rents in Cambridge increased 70 per cent during the 1960s when Harvard had Harvard had the money to buy up large portions of the city's residential areas. Rents skyrocketed, largely because there was demand for land, and little available housing. Harvard's familiar practice of land-banking--buying up land with apartment buildings and then razing them to build university facilities--is another sign of the scarcity of land in Cambridge. "There is little open space in Cambridge, so we are forced to buy housing as sites for potential...
Spielberg tells this tale with a virtuoso's confidence. He sweeps across continents with abandon, cuts from image to image with natural grace and creates terror even out of such found objects as household appliances and store-bought toys. He also laces the film with humor. In the grand Hitchcock manner, he loves to show his characters passing over clues that are staring them right in the face. For Dreyfuss, he has written throwaway lines that highlight the absurdity that is implicit in Roy's wild dash for the unknown...