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Word: milker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, there is no English counterpart to "guy," save "gal." "Gal" sucks. Conjuring up the image of a Nebraska cow-milker in overalls doesn't go very far in the Northeastern liberal boutique we know and love...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...Physicist James Clerk Maxwell's colorful explanation of perpetual motion. In the book Maxwell's model is used by a California therapy guru, fictionalized as Dr. Klaus Woofner, to explain human behavior. Kesey the globe trotter and spiritual joker seems entranced. But Kesey the planter of corn and milker of cows presents Woofner as another psycho-alchemist trying to turn a metaphor into a 14-karat gimmick. The point is made admiringly by one skilled fancifier to another. After all, the charlatan, like the artist, exploits illusion and a sense of mystery. Behind the plow or on the road, this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Psycho-Alchemy | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

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