Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Goldbrick Boredom. Motiveless "busywork," the lowly chores of military housekeeping, and menial jobs that fall short of the challenges of civilian life are principal causes for low morale where it is found among reservists. "Our daily routine," fumed Sergeant Robert A. Levy, a District of Columbia Air Guardsman at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, "consists of reading magazines and newspapers, listening to the radio, playing cards, organizing and participating in chess tournaments, visiting the base gymnasium, pitching horseshoes and taking coffee breaks." Levy, who was president of a Maryland computer consulting firm until he was called...
...Cheap "Chitlings" (not the kind you purchase at a frozen-food counter) will taste rubbery unless they are cooked long enough. How soon can you quit cooking them to eat and enjoy them? a) 15 minutes, b) eight hours, c) 24 hours, d) one week (on a low flame...
...their latest exploits, argue about politics and shout out the window to pretty girls who preen in a cafe across the street in the hope that they may get their pictures in the magazine. But last week a heavy silence settled on Paris-Match. Staffers moved listlessly, speaking in low, conspiratorial whispers. An idle copy boy watched over the managing editor's office while its usual occupant, Andre Lacaze, appeared at the entrance to the building, waving an envelope. "There it is, pals, the final paycheck," he told his colleagues. "I'm all through after 20 years." Then...
...LOW SATIRE. Some commercials kid themselves, some razz the production style of various other products. A Jeno's pizza skit kids the halitosis hucksters. Marilyn says: "I'll tell you what your problem is, Gloria. You have bad pizza. Bad pizza!" After Gloria switches to Jeno's, Marilyn tries another tack: "Now I'd like to talk about your deodorant." Gloria: "Marilyn, how would you like a nice belt in the mouth?" A small masterpiece, worthy of Jonathan Winters or the late Ernie Kovacs...
...devaluation of the pound. Though exports have since climbed by 15%, Britain's promised curb on imports has yet to take effect. May's $206 million trade deficit was just as large as April's. Last week the pound went to a post-devaluation low of $2.3829 on foreign exchange markets. Prime Minister Harold Wilson has so far refused to intervene in the labor disputes, after saying optimistically that "British industry...