Word: orals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...certain vogue, spurred on by a general mood of nostalgia and in particular by the movie Hester Street. And there seems to be a new respect for the elderly, aroused not only by the militancy of a group like the Gray Panthers, but also by the increasing popularity of oral history-a discipline that relies on the memories of old people. In short, it's no longer kosher to ridicule elderly Jewish women...
...would be unfair to say that Sydelle Kramer and Jenny Masur, who edited this collection of ten oral histories of Jewish grandmothers, are cashing in on an idea whose time has come-especially since the distribution of the book has been limited and publicity modest. But they do take a certain polemical tone, consciously setting out to destroy what they perceive to be a sexist stereotype, proclaiming in their introduction that "the women of this book will . . . allow a public so long accustomed to hearing Portnoy's complaint the opportunity to read the whole story." While not attempting a scholarly...
Last week, after two White House meetings with top health authorities, President Ford took an extraordinary step to avert any repetition of that disaster. He called for the inoculation of the entire U.S. population-a program that would exceed even the record-breaking 100 million oral doses of polio vaccine given during a year and a half in the early '60s-and asked Congress to allocate $135 million in federal "seed" money for production of a new vaccine that is effective against the swine virus, if indeed it reappears in epidemic proportions. To supply enough shots for every American...
...profit motive reigns unchecked along Santa Monica Boulevard. The markup on dildos is 600%, and the nudie magazines that retailers buy at $3 each sell for $6 to $8. Not everything, however, is what it seems. The Institute of Oral Love mainly dispenses talk, and Wild Mary's Massage provides local stimulation only if the customer pays extra. On the north side of the street is the "Beefcake Zone" where male hustlers loiter outside the homosexual theaters. The south side belongs to the straights, 70% of whom seem to be Japanese tourists. And from the open doors waft odors...
Fine Arts 13, "Introduction to the History of Art," ranked third on the list with 356 students, and Humanities 9b, "Oral and Popular Literature," was fourth with...