Word: potted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There was Pierre aboard the Honey Fitz in slacks of shocking pink; Pierre in blue and yellow shorts, chugging over the decorous grass tennis courts of Newport; Pierre flailing away on the Hyannis golf course while Kennedy watched in fond amusement; Pierre playing poker, sometimes at $1,000 a pot, with three wild cards; Pierre nursing his discriminating palate with fine wines and rich sauces at Washington's smart Le Bistro...
...politics, it seems, bad times make good slogans. Herbert Hoover's promise of "a chicken in every pot" did not get him re-elected in 1932, but it was a far more ingenious catch phrase than the Republicans' 1944 theme, "Time for a change," or "I like Ike" in 1952. And for all John F. Kennedy's eloquence, no Democratic orator since the Depression has matched Franklin D. Roosevelt's phrasemaking prowess on behalf of "the forgotten man." Lyndon Johnson's vision of "the Great Society" is not only vague, but vieille vague as well...
...actors often appear to be addressing to Destiny rather than to one another, perhaps out of kindness. Actress Bloom intones: "He couldn't touch all we've been to each other." Newman's bandit is a growling comic-strip Mexican who leers: "You cooked dee pot of tamales, I juz' took off dee lid." And in the film's bumbling climax, ironic tragedy turns to fatuity when Harvey belly-whoppers into a clump of sage, staggers to his feet, notes a bejeweled dagger protruding bloodlessly from his chest and announces coyly: "Ah tripped...
...voodoo cult in Harlem, Japanese Buddhists on Riverside Drive, New Year revelers in Chinatown. Paradoxically, while poking through the city's sociological byways, Gaisseau misses the singular flavor of New York almost entirely. Like many other well-meaning tourists, he makes a superficial tour of the melting pot but overlooks the fire that keeps it going-the fast, fierce, savvy modernity of a great metropolis...
...most basic and significant trends in U.S. labor: the move toward higher pensions and earlier retirements. Over the years, an affluent society has given Americans higher wages, a greater life expectancy and increased education to develop their capabilities more fully. Now, more and more of them also want the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow-the opportunity to give up their working days earlier, with sufficient income to support themselves and their families, in order to pursue their own interests at leisure...