Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once on the inside More makes it plain that it has nothing to offer those who want to learn how to be better writers. Nor does it have any desire to be critical about America's press, advertising or television. What it does want to do, however, is jam the issue so full with big names as to appeal to anyone interested in the latest gossip in all three areas. Those curious about the seamier side of the press will enjoy reading about "Ben and Sally." T.V. viewers will no doubt want to read about Walter and Walters. Advertising moguls...
...picture today is complicated by the fact the Democratic candidate, who affects a plain-folks style, is a man who left public service to take over a faltering family business. He then pursued its enlargement with relentless skill. With the help of tax preferences and Government props, he created a million-dollar concern, made $137,000 last year, on which he paid just under 13% federal income tax. A million dollars does not, of course, mean what it used to, but the magical figure still inspires the notion that a fellow has done pretty well. The Republican contender, while moving...
...holdings over half a million dollars, the most vehement opposition came from blue-collar workers. A bemused McGovern asked, "What do they think-that they are all going to win the state lottery?" Apparently so -that enduring American lottery, which offers tempting odds that a lot of plain old boys can get pretty rich-like Jimmy Carter...
Barber does not scoff at any detail. He believes everything about a man is revealing-the veins in his forehead, his eyelids, his hands, his body language. This week Barber is pondering how inspiring, articulate, wordy, clever, devious, plain-spoken and hesitant each man emerged. Most important to Barber is how the substance of what Ford and Carter said relates to their pasts. What Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter promise for America is apt to evolve in some proportion to how firmly these ideas are rooted in their lives...
...spark can set fire to the whole plain.' --Calligraphy by Mao Tse-tung...