Word: knighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...painfully nice Atlanta schoolteacher (Gladys Knight) journeys to Alaska in pursuit of her ex-husband (Barry Hankerson), who has been enjoying the high wages and low life that go with working on the pipeline. His boss is a sneering meanie who owns half the town, runs a prostitute colony on the side and periodically sabotages construction work in order to prolong the rake-offs he and his colleagues are taking...
...confab was interrupted by an incessant stream of phone calls from down-at-the heels disco acts. "Hello, Mr. Murdoch, this is Gladys Knight." The voice was unmistakable. She was muttering something about her new solo effort--"Midnight Train to Canberra," I think she said--and how the Pips were a thing of the past. Rupe told her to forget music for the moment: "Honey, I've got bigger things planned for you...Ever hear of New West...
...Some charge that the Coast Guard has ample authority under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to upgrade the standards of foreign ships entering U.S. waters, and accuse the service of moving too slowly to use this power. "The Coast Guard has been almost negligent," claims Jeffrey Knight, legislative director for Friends of the Earth. "It has been since 1972, and that's a long time to twiddle your thumbs." Environmental Protection administrator Russell Train is more charitable. Says he: "I think the Coast Guard is essentially conservative...
...Press-Telegram, which cried foul with its own Page One story and an editorial the next day. "A bunch of innuendoes," snapped Daniel H. Ridder, editor and publisher of the Long Beach paper (circ. 149,000). Since Ridder's family merged its 19 newspapers into the 16-paper Knight chain last year, the Long Beach daily has lowered its profile in local civic affairs; thus, many of the Times allegations are outdated. But Ridder defends even the previous heavy involvement. Says he: "The newspaper ought to be involved in promoting the community and serving on civic boards." Ridder added...
Steinbeck has no trouble speaking in any of his voices. He can make medieval diction comprehensible yet not catchy: Arthur charges to a knight's rescue and offers: "My old friend, it seems to me that you could use a horse. Please use this one." This is characterization of great subtlety, extracting Malory's essence and couching it in terms that are not fixed by time or place. Steinbeck's descriptions can reach the same crystal perfection; a day painted as "dream-darkened" is captured in one adjective...