Word: imprints
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been accepted as routine functions of Government: distribution of surplus food to the needy, price supports for key crops, production controls, federal management of U.S. agriculture. Many of his phrases ("the ever-normal granary," "the century of the common man") entered the language, as his agricultural schemes left their imprint on the land...
...normal person in our culture is "hooked to the outside," in Leary terms. The hook can be disengaged either internally, with drugs, or externally by breaking-up expected, routine, or symbolic patters. Those who become artists and poets have been brought up without what Leary likes to call "strong imprinting" and are able to switch from game to game without his help. The rest of us avoid that which we can't integrate into the game we're playing. Rather than leaving it to chance whether an individual is stuck with a single imprint, as Leary thinks most...
...past year has left its imprint on the features and the temperament of the President. The crevices in cheeks and brow are more deeply graven; his hair is markedly greyer. Johnson's demeanor-in public, at least-has become noticeably more restrained, more responsive to the image of his office. Yet, an erect 6 ft. 3 in., he still exudes irrepressibly the hill-countryman's crackling vitality; his pace is still hell-for-leather, his self-confidence as massive as ever. When asked by an aide how he felt about the job last week, Lyndon replied buoyantly...
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen heads a pathetically small congressional minority, but that doesn't stop Dirksen from rising to his favorite role -that of leaving his personal imprint on Democratic-sponsored legislation. Last week Ev was at it again...
Missing Disciplines. Dell's new hardcover imprint, called Delacorte, lured James Jones away from Scribners, which had published his first four books. Jones's contract assures him $800,000 for rights to his next three books, despite the fact that Jones is only halfway through the first. Dell also signed Irwin Shaw by offering him 100% of the reprint royalties. Pocket Books created Trident Press for the sole purpose of encouraging Harold (The Carpetbaggers) Robbins to go AWOL from Knopf...