Word: lot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From now on, said Freddy, the gang has got to be run professionally. No more missing deadlines. No more late press runs requiring air shipments of magazines. No more scheduling a lot of articles there would not be room for. No more 10? a word for articles. Nickel a word is tops. And back to a monthly schedule...
...inward. At San Francisco State College, for example, the student committee that screens the shadow school's new courses has found itself dealing increasingly with "teachers" who cannot teach. Says Bill Talcott, a graduate student in English and a member of the committee: "We get a lot of people who are so far into their thing that they are unable to relate to the people they want to teach...
...Lot of Junk. When Britain's Lord High Chancellor explained the statute repeal bill to the House of Lords last month, the scene was characteristically somnolent, with at least five peers asleep on their scarlet benches and a couple of others halfheartedly straining to hear the proceedings with old-fashioned black ear trumpets. But when the Lord Chancellor, Lord Gardiner, described the proposal as "a start towards getting rid of a lot of junk," his words rang like alarm bells. Leaping to his feet, Lord Leatherland cried: "I should hate historians of the future to say that Lord Gardiner...
...rooms that drew Fielding's closest scrutiny were the inside singles, known in the trade as "the mother-in-law rooms." They are, he explains, "the lowest common denominator. You learn a lot about the hotel from just a glance at them." Tour over, Fielding cordially thanked the assistant manager, ducked back outside to his car. "Let's do the usual, Mac," he told the chauffeur, who promptly drove around the corner and parked. Fielding pulled out a notebook and began scribbling away: "Concierge with hotel 43 years. Many improvements under way. When manager arrives, fireworks are expected." Tucking...
...manage it?incognito. He reserves a table in advance, either under an alias (Parker, Stone and Phillips are his favorites) or in the name of a local friend whom he is taking to lunch or dinner. Temp has four basic test dishes: eggs Benedict ("You can tell a lot from the consistency of the hollandaise"), vol-au-vent ("So often it's gucky"), bouillabaisse ("Every maritime country has its own version") and coquilles St. Jacques. He is an expert at moving food around on his plate to make it look as though he is eating more than he is?...