Word: prosaic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What distinguishes Martin's book from the sensationalism of Rosemary's Baby or The Exorcist is that he sees a complex battle between good and evil involved in making even the most prosaic decisions of everyday life. He asserts that the five cases he has chosen to examine...
...reject the siren call of socialism and return to free enterprise. If he is tipped that a former Viet Nam prisoner of war is in the audience-and sometimes even when one is not-Reagan pays tribute to the nation's P.O.W.s. After a straightforward, not to say prosaic delivery, there is a glimpse of the old actor. His voice lowered, his throat catching, but with conviction, he declares: "They are just simply the product of the greatest free system the world has ever known." The line usually brings down the house...
...have followed him into the jaws of hell-and had a hard time catching up with him," said an admiring captain. Lieut. General Robert L. Fair is headed for a more prosaic destination, however, and defenders of a tough, nononsense, old-style Army are dismayed. As of next week Fair, 52, will retire for "personal reasons"-the most important being that he and his commanding officer hated each other's guts...
Well aware that it would take more prosaic evidence to convince a court, Miller and some friends-including Novelist William Styron and Director Mike Nichols-hired a new lawyer and a private detective and persuaded the New York Times to look into the case. Last week a story by Times Reporter John Corry detailed Reilly's movements on the fatal night. According to various witnesses (not all of whom, inexplicably, were called at the trial), the boy left a church meeting at about 9:40, dropped off a friend at 9:45, then made the five-minute drive...
...prosaic, shorthand to describe someone who willingly suffers something that seems beyond the call of duty: a son or daughter, for instance, who spends years caring for a senile and demanding parent...