Word: originality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jews serve in top positions in a national Administration of either party. At present three members of President Ford's Cabinet are of Jewish origin: Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger (who converted to Lutheranism as a young man) and Attorney General Edward Levi. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, is also Jewish, as is Arthur Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Certain areas of Government employ an abundance of Jewish Americans, particularly the Departments of Justice, Labor, and Health. Education and Welfare...
...which was nothing too special. But in 1975 It's February today, and two incredibly fine new movies are playing in Boston. Perhaps both A Woman Under the influence and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore opened with such bad business acumen because both are somewhat un-Hollywood in origin. John Cassavetes's Woman was made on a relative shoestring and without big studio backing--it might not make it to Youngstown. Ohio or Kallapol, either--although It's at the Cheri here. If you missed Chuck Stephen's review of it in yesterday's Crimson, or Andy Kopkind...
...eventually hit the sidewalk. I may spin here in mid air forever, continually fascinated by my four limbs, unattached to any points around me. I may suddenly swoop back up and find myself breathless on the top of the building. Not knowing my fate, I ponder my origin: Did I jump or did I fall? Am I in control...
...pseudo parchment) "the earliest known coat of arms registered to a person with the same surname" -for a mere $2. When there is no known coat of arms for a family, Halbert's will create one using heraldic symbols that suggest the family's country of origin. Italian-sounding names, for example, might be represented by a cross, French by a fleur de lis, and Irish by a harp. Boasts Halbert's president, Dennis Haslinger: "We use everything from lions rampant to eagles fessant." If the customer likes the design, he can order more expensive models, including...
...long been intrigued by the heaps of brownish-gray slag scattered amid the sandy soil of Israel's southern Negev Desert. First spotted by the late American biblical scholar and archaeologist Nelson Glueck, the heaps seemed to be remnants of an ancient copper-smelting operation of pre-Roman origin. Now, after excavating at the site with a team of West German mining experts, Israeli Archaeologist Beno Rothenberg reports that the slag is only the tip of an archaeological treasure. A short distance away, he says, is the oldest underground mining system ever found...