Word: perking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...domestic affairs that are supposed to be his forte, Reagan's memory seemed no better. A month ago, the President confidently told the press that the sagging economy would perk up in April; last week, he announced, "I'm not going to pick any particular month or anything..." And he refused to disclose why his Administration believes Nicaragua is sneaking arms to El Salvador, and revealed that he has no idea what the agenda for NATO's next meeting is--although he is scheduled to appear...
...from the book's dust jacket, which features two Catholic clergymen praising the book's analysis. The Catholic Church, of course, hardly has a reputation for its graceful acceptance of criticism. Kind words from people who were still publishing an Index of acceptable books after World War II should perk a few suspicions. And as it turns out, Nichols is an avowedly sympathetic critic, very much intrigued by the faith, and himself married to a Catholic. He is on good terms with much of the Vatican, and indeed many of his anecdotes begin with the author sitting down to lunch...
Ellen's fervent assurance to her four friends is that they nobly serve who merely stand in waiting. But the friends perk up only when they realize that her tattletale bestseller is going to immerse them in autograph-seeking cocktail parties, late-night TV talk shows and curbside genuflections from the unwashed. At last, they too will be glitterati. -By T.E. Kalem
...more than 100 specialized newsletters, the message signals to a dedicated legion of supermarket shoppers that essentially the advertiser wants to trade 20 refund forms. While couponing and refunding are hardly new-one of the first cents-off offers was devised in the 1890s by C.W. Post to perk up sales of Postum-they have accelerated in recent years at what might be called a rapid clip. With inflation grabbing from household budgets, those cents-off coupons and money-back refund offers have become more than an appealing way of stretching the food dollar: to many they...
Bunky Sheppard works for 20th Century-Fox Records in Los Angeles now. He is a vice president, a successful promo man. Of the six Sheppards, James Allen is dead, and another, Eskridge, has disappeared. Perk Perkins still sings occasionally. He works nights at a Chicago plating company, picks up extra money as a freelance deejay at parties. He likes to reminisce about the days when 5,000 kids in a Michigan City armory charged the stage when they heard Island of Love. Sometimes he plays the Sheppards album. His wife, his children, or his grandchildren will stop and listen...