Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman is supposed to let sex sort of happen to her. Traditionally, she's not supposed to want to make sex; nor, as a wife, is the woman traditionally allowed to make money. In her domestic role she is supposed to provide sexual services, among others. Chesler and Goodman note the stigma that results when the married woman's usual duties are connected with money--both the prostitue and the maid are commonly labeled low-class creatures. In a pretty devious way, a predominant feminine image turns out not to mix with a yen for money and the power, respect...
...York; and Walt Frazier from a defunct pimp father to a Rolls Royce and the clothes his father would envy. Like Bradley, they are all past their peaks: not necessarily their peaks of efficiency for a pro team, but for their individual dreams of fulfillment. The pervading note is failure. It carries into the more impersonal analyses of figures like Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Cousy. Chamberlain, he says, is the paradigmatic loser; his individual achievement was more secure on a losing team, so his true wish was fulfilled. He portrays Cousy, his childhood hero heroically entering a game...
There is Richard Nixon's letter ("Dear Mr. Secretary: I hereby resign the office of President of the United States"). There is John C. CalhounYgra-cious note from Columbia, S.C., dated 1832 ("Sir, Having concluded to accept of a seat in the Senate, to which I have been elected by the legislature of this state, I herewith resign the office of Vice President of the United States. Very respectfully, your ob svt"). Somewhat mysteriously, Spiro Agnew's letter of resignation never reached the archives...
...Lennon, and more than two-dozen works that he has recorded with Wings since the Beatles disbanded six years ago. It was McCartney, as much as his music, that the 14,000 Fort Worth fans had come to hear, and they delivered a 15-minute standing ovation before a note had been played. "I used to get more nervous with the Beatles," allowed Paul calmly after his triumphant opening night. "I was younger, I guess...
...started their game on a positive note, by taking the lead in the first inning on a three-run homer by Carlton Fisk. But the Red Sox offense dried up, and 12 batters in a row failed to get to first...