Word: properity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same childhood sense of play. John was constantly manipulating the world, around him, playing pranks, playing with words, putting people on. Even his famous Teddy-boy (juvenile delinquent) phrase was a bit of a put-on: "I was imitating Teds, pretending to be one...If I'd met a proper Ted I'd have been shit scared...
...particularly striking support of this idea. Who struck first, and why, and with what motives, and who offered the provocation and who allowed himself to be provoked-these and a thousand other questions cannot be answered with machine-like neutrality by the reporter's eye and mind; the proper recording of each fact requires a dozen judgments and thus opinions. To pretend that journalism can be otherwise, to create an artificial air of just-the-facts, can be more deeply misleading than the most inflammatory polemic...
...cancellation of trade and cultural exchanges, to influence the Soviet leadership, which seems to be divided on the Czechoslovak issue. Says Zorza: "There are people in the Politburo saying, 'We have to push them hard because we have already expended so much political capital.' The proper amount of Western pressure could help the moderates win the day. However, this is a dangerous game, and by carrying the boycott too far, we could damage the liberals. The timing has to be precise. Not too much. Not too little...
...chiffon, with only a ruff of ostrich feathers around the hip to save it from moving out of the controversial category into the condemned. For customers who want the concoction, Alexander's was ready to supply a cop-out-a body stocking that would make the dress perfectly proper...
...expert task force told the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare that too many doctors know far too little about drugs. While few of the doctors "seem inclined to voice any question of their competency in this field," the study group concluded, "lack of knowledge and sophistication in the proper use of drugs is perhaps the greatest deficiency of the average physician today...