Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many of those terms will soon be outdated, of course, if they are not already. The very existence of the pamphlet threatens them. If every volunteer understands what convicts are saying, the inmate neologist will simply invent new jargon to remain different from the straights. For some prisoners, that'...
Those rates are still oppressively high, and it is anyone's guess how much farther they might come down and how soon. But the cuts had a tonic effect on businessmen and investors, who have been starved for any kind of good news. On the stock market, the Dow...
Something is wrong. First the Mets traded Tommie Agee, the man with the most quadrophonic name in organized baseball. People used to come from miles away to listen to the 12-year old squirts who formed the core of the Mets' support bellow: "Ay! Gee! Ay! Gee!" The Mets traded...
Jones catches some moments that have the unmistakable tang of spontaneity: a band of poachers being rooted out, for instance, or an elephant attacking a Land-Rover. These are infrequent, however, and when they do occur are likely as not to have an expository fillip. The feature-length movie is...