Word: making
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unwonted freedom seemed also unwanted. Patients like Housemaid Anna, who had been in the hospital for ten years, did not know what to make of it. One man had devoted most of his waking hours during 20 locked-up years to testing every door on his ward, trying to get out: when he found them all unlocked, he refused to leave, for fear that he would not be able to get in again. It took him two weeks to get used to the return of freedom...
...will take a generation or more to clear the state hospitals of the backlog of patients permanently crippled by old-time procedures that, far from making them better, helped to make them worse. But seclusion rooms are being converted into kitchenettes and beauty parlors; camisoles and straps are disappearing. Shock treatment is seldom used, and only for selected patients. Though admission rates are rising, release rates are rising faster, so that in many states there is a net decrease in the numbers of mentally ill confined to hospitals...
...Devilmaker. In general, Bahian art is the product of humble and nameless artisans. But so potent is Exú that even making his image is rarely undertaken except by direct appointment by the Orixás (gods). Top Bahian devilmaker today is Reginaldo Andrade Costa, 28, a part-time garage mechanic who agreed to make them only when a regal candomblé priestess known as a mãe do santo (mother of the saint) explained that the iron figures were harmless until "blessed." His raw material is scrap iron, but Costa's crudely formed statuettes are striking embodiments...
...people as well as products and advertising." Revson pays attention to the smallest details, often spends weeks working out the right name or the exact shade for a new lipstick or nail enamel, personally selects models and approves their clothing. He even had his employees' telephones tapped to make sure they were doing their jobs right...
...pilots get their golden opportunities from federal regulations, which limit their flight time to 85 hours each month. Even with flight planning, flight delays and layovers in faraway cities, some pilots spend about half of each month at home. The man who puts it to good use can make an income stretching in the heavy five figures or build an entirely new career. Says one who does: "Some pilots use their spare time to become expert fishermen. Some become low-handicap golfers. I devote my off-duty hours to making money, of which I happen to be very fond...