Word: meatier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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USED TO BE, life at the movies was faster, meatier, and larger than what we saw every day. The women were hotter, and their men were cooler. Enemies sought an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but friendship was thicker than blood. As Pauline Kael put it, it was "kiss kiss, bang bang...
...excellent: blunt, thoughtful, witty, and instructive without being preachy. They stand well to the left of Gloria Steinem, Ms. magazine and introductory consciousnessraising, and will convince anyone who still needs convincing that there is more to the women's movement than just the drive to procure a meatier piece of the capitalist...
THERE ARE A FEW enlightened readers of The New York Times who turn straight to the first page of the second section every morning, passing up the meatier news stories in hopes of discovering one of the delectable morsels served up by Israel Shenker. With the publication of Words and Their Masters, Shenker gluttons can now gorge them-selves to their heart's content on a collection of 67 interviews and articles, all of which are concerned with some aspect of human communication...
Other national stories have been meatier and more professional. Gruenstein reported on the extensive use of House recording studios by Congressmen up for reelection. Charging bargain-basement rates for their sophisticated services, these studios are intended to aid Congressmen in communicating with constituents, not give them an all but free ride in preparing campaign commercials. In another story Gruenstein pointed out a similar use of Government printing facilities to turn out campaign literature...