Word: melts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Schlesinger took over as Secretary of Defense in 1973, he worked overtime at becoming an absolute terror. At 6:15 in the morning he would blaze into his office in such a foul mood that his staff was afraid to speak to him. "He could melt the stars off the shoulders of a four-star general," recalls one former aide. There was an angle in his anger. Schlesinger wanted to dominate the entrenched bureaucracy of the Pentagon, which has defied the mastery of all but two or three of the eleven other Secretaries. He managed to start rebuilding...
Most of the Morgan message is standard to all the pop self-help books that publishers have been churning out ever since Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale reaped their first millions: Think positively and keep smiling, or as Marabel puts it, "A merry heart helps melt away the troubles." Does the housewife lack goals? "Write out your philosophy of life as a woman." Is it hard to get organized? Make a list of what to do today. "A total woman sets aside time to plan carefully." Also brush the teeth frequently, and use dental floss. "Be touchable and kissable...
...line roughly bisecting the Plains states and including a giant thumb jutting up from Texas as far as Idaho. The natural-gas shortage was still at crisis point. The economy was still shaken (see ENERGY and ECONOMY & BUSINESS). A further threat: surging floods if the snow and ice melt too quickly...
Just then a small girl, probably ten or less, darted into the bar. She composed herself, then marched up calmly to the first table and began in a flat monotone, How many delicious candy bars will you buy made so fine (they melt in your mouth) especially for the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Wichita Kansas girls' track team. She droned on for about a minute, looking expectant. She repeated the litany three or four times, but nobody was buying...
...following story). In Oregon, forest fires have broken out. "Some say the world will end in fire," wrote Robert Frost, "some say in ice." Last week Americans had their choice of disasters. If that is not enough, they soon may undergo trial by water. When the massive snowdrifts melt in the warming weather, torrential floods are expected to sweep many parts of the country...