Word: plasticizers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...left. For instance, Wilson notes that Marxist Herbert Marcuse wrote in the sixties that he believes in some form of biological determinism. And, Wilson cites passages in the recently published "Reflections on Language" by the leftist Noam Chomsky, as indicating that the radical environmental notion of man being infinitely plastic is probably both incorrect and dangerous...
...deeper look will show that the concept of the "empty organism," plastic and unstructured, apart from being false also serves naturally as the support for the most reactionary of social doctrines. If people are, in fact, malleable and plastic beings with no essential psychological nature, then why should they not be controlled and coerced by those who claim authority, special knowledge, and a unique insight into what is best for those less enlightened...
...pursue the matter further with Ralph the next day, but he was no longer living at home. Apparently when his section-man--who reminded Ralph ominously of Donald Segretti--refused to grant an extension for the twenty-five page English paper which was sitting neatly typed and bound in plastic in California, they checked Ralph into UHS. No visitors allowed, the doctors said...
Mayer laughed and moved down the line to carefully consider the choice of salads. He picked up a plastic wrapped three-bean salad and then paused before the fruit. "Are you sure you won't have some fruit?" he asked his luncheon guest. She shook her head. "Not even an apple?" he persisted. He filled a glass with lemonade...
...been prized by those Americans who, on pilgrimage, spend long hours in drafty naves rubbing the images onto paper.* Now, for would-be brass rubbers, the transatlantic trip is no longer necessary. A unique shop in downtown Boston, the London Brass Rubbing Centre, makes available to plate rubbers meticulous plastic copies of top brasses ranging from a rare depiction of a 17th century child to an armored, gauntleted, 6-ft. knight who served Kings Edward III and Richard...