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...matter how magnificent it may have been. Slang needs to be new. Its life is brief, intense and slightly disreputable, like adolescence. Soon it either settles down and goes into the family business of the language (like taxi and cello and hi) or, more likely, slips off into oblivion, dead as Oscan and Manx. The evening news should probably broadcast brief obituaries of slang words that have passed on. The practice would prevent people from embarrassing themselves by saying things like swell or super. "Groovy, descendant of cool and hip, vanished from the language today...
Blanchard's personality--or lack thereof--has a lot to do with the question marks. He too came from oblivion this summer. But instead of rising as Headlee did on the basis of a mesmerizing brand of politics, the four-term state congressman rode the wave of carefully arranged labor and business endorsements. Slightly unkempt and a failed public speaker, Blanchard is a 40-year-old throwback to Democrats of the past. With a crucial role in the federal government's Chrysler bailout as the single feather in his cap, Blanchard has promised massive public works projects, '60-style...
...Gators Snap Back. By the 1950s, alligator hunting had become so widespread in the swamps of the Southland that the great reptiles seemed headed for oblivion. Now, after years of federal protection, they are making a ferocious comeback. In Florida, fish and game officials get frequent calls from frightened homeowners demanding the removal of alligators from their backyard ponds or canals. The toothy beasts have attacked swimmers, eaten of alligator skins and meat. A recently published state booklet spells outs the virtues of alligator meat (tender, low fat), which sells in some Louisiana markets for about $3.50 per lb. Environmentalists...
...flame, will keep moving provocatively, to sidestep the carnage. The film was shot 24 years ago, and Director Ashby has spent much of the time since then fine-tuning the editing. The effort shows, but not the effect: the picture is a sloppy mess that stumbles toward oblivion like a drunk on a losing streak...
...learned that Khomeini told Khoeyniha not to be intimidated by the more moderate clergymen among the estimated 100,000 Iranian pilgrims. "Disobedience to you," asserted Khomeini, "is disobedience to me." Khomeini exhorted Khoeyniha to renew the power of Islam, "which profiteers and thinkers of warped thoughts have consigned to oblivion...