Word: selfing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...definite about the effects of opium. It makes the user hypersensitive to sights and sounds while simultaneously putting a mystical distance between him and the real world. It obliterates the sense of time. In the early euphoric stages of addiction, it produces a serenity genteelly referred to as "invulnerable self-esteem." In later stages, it induces traumatic nightmares...
...construction of the giant tankers, are making money on them. Though the Japanese compete fiercely with each other for orders, they have been sharing technological ideas since the Imperial Navy ordered them to do so before World War II. They have produced such innovations as computer-controlled cutting torches, self-propelled welders and devices that can flip over 80-ton subassemblies to make welding easier. These have helped reduce building costs from $91 a ton for a 100,000-d.w.t. tanker to $68 for a 300,000-tonner. Even the Japanese see an economic limit; they estimate that...
Willing to Refund. Amsterdam's Schiphol offers the biggest variety and best prices. It leads all other airport shops in sales, which were $10 million last year. Schiphol also has the world's first duty-free self-service liquor and tobacco store, where passengers can pick and choose just as they do in a neighborhood supermarket. Another innovation is a tax-free automobile showroom with a choice of 21 models, including a British Ford Cortina for $1,500, about 23% less than the London price tag. Within half an hour of arrival, a traveler can drive away...
...tremolo might widen into an uncontrolled wobble of sound-but sooner or later Hawk would explode into a solo that recalled earlier days: warm, austere, unfailingly rhythmic even in the midst of a caressing ballad. Afterward he might laugh a little, as if sharing the private pleasure of self-rediscovery with his audience. "He put a lot of beauty into his playing," said Drummer Eddie Locke, a longtime friend. "He was full of music...
...touched on which is expounded by the University at great length in the booklet on its resources. In itself, the argument comprises the keystone motto of Harvard's institutional ideology: "Every tub on its own bottom." What this means financially is that each department of the University must be self-supporting. Harvard put it this...