Word: mud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With the world going to pot like it is, with even the semblance of civilized values being dragged through the mud by a lot of plebian types, Donleavy has decided that it's time for an aristocratic comeuppance. To disinfect the noxious influence of democracy and such repellant notions as equality, invariably supported by the wrong-side-of-the-tracks populace, he prescribes large doses of snobbery, social climbing and downright opportunism. Though you yourself may be an uncultured slob, you need only follow these rules to eliminate any obstacle blocking your successful rise in society...
...childhood was substance rather than fantasy: tactile memories of mold, mud, woodgrain and brick became some of the most "painterly" painting in the history of art. The foreground of The Leaping Horse is all matter, and the things in it-squidgy earth, tangled weeds and wild flowers, prickle of light on the dark skin of water sliding over a hidden ledge-are troweled and spattered on with ecstatic gusto...
...Department] report comes closer to parody than serious Government proposal." Mrs. Braden admits to being somewhat vague about her duties ("I've only been here since Friday," she said last week, after her first days on the job). Most probably, she will attempt to apply her clear-as-mud mandate to such matters as wheat sales, export taxes and passports. But even some State Department officials concede that in their domain consumer concerns are abstract at best and entrenched bureaucrats will probably resist consumerist encroachments on their powers...
...Architects in Atlantic City next month, and a winner will be selected. There is, however, one problem with Riverview. The district's beleaguered taxpayers last spring voted down a $3.6 million bond issue to pay for operating the school. Result: its playground is still an unplanted sea of mud, its windows boarded up. In fact, the new $1.9 million building may be the best designed school that never opened its doors for classes...
...drill instructors. The Navy has anti-submarine warfare technicians, line handlers on tugboats, airplane welders, bulldozer operators and a deep-sea diver. All recruits go through rugged basic training, learning to shoot and strip rifles (just in case they ever have to in an emergency) and slog through mud, with full packs, to cadence-counting chants ("Standin' tall and lookin' good/ We ought to be in Hollywood . . .") The service academies are preparing for women in the classes that will be admitted next summer. West Point will take in about 100 women cadets, the Naval Academy 80 and the Air Force...