Word: instants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Involved in a debate on the President's proposed youth program, he offered some ideas. There was instant hostility from the man running the meeting. "I control the program," the fellow said sternly. "We will do it my way." It was just fine that he controlled the program, said West, but there were some serious doubts that the man's ideas would work. Didn't it matter if nothing got done? "No," came the reply. "I control the program...
There is, of course, the danger that Simon will suffer instant overexposure. He is beginning to sound like a politician at the end of a long campaign, answering the same questions by repeating the same phrases ("We want to be able to prepare for the worst" or "The day of cheap energy is over"). If people stop listening, that could badly hurt Simon's program, which depends greatly on voluntary cooperation. In particular, public boredom with Simon could foil his attempts to dispel the growing suspicion that the energy shortage is a phony...
...always hated Woody Allen; it was as if they had a conspiracy against him. In 2173 the health food refugee is in a world full of machines--robot domestic servants, the "Orb" for getting high, a contraption called the Orgasmatron which looks like a hot water heater and supplies instant climax when you climb in ("I'm strictly a hand operation," Allen protests). The machines give Allen a lot of trouble, as usual, but in the end he makes the computers look ridiculous...
...tough-guy reputation, Sirica (pronounced Suh-rick-uh) has been known to get butterflies in his stomach when he has peeked into his courtroom and seen it jammed for a Watergate-related hearing. He carefully writes down and reads most pronouncements from the bench, not trusting his own instant phrasing...
...twenties and thirties: the glitter of aluminum foil stars and moons is like the old movie palaces with their ugly statues, fancy organs, and ceilings domed in twinkling lights to look like the midnight sky. The effect is hokey but not distracting--it's just instant dreamland...