Word: sensationalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Author Koestler, born a Jew but now a "seeker after truth" without religious affiliation, reports: "I started my journey in sackcloth and ashes, and came back rather proud of being a European." He descended from his plane into the fetid air of Bombay-"I had the sensation that a wet...
Although most of America's expatriate singers are unknown at home, many of them have built up sizable European reputations. New York-born Claire Watson, 33, was one of the hits of last summer's Munich Festival, where she appeared as the Marschallin in Rosenkavalier and Fiordiligi in...
Out of the Rat Race. On its modest success, Roy Thomson has pyramided his empire. He drives hard bargains, e.g., he bought the Edinburgh Scotsman for $3,000,000, or only $600,000 more than the construction cost of its 13-story plant. He pays ad salesmen more than reporters...
Before the season's start, the stars in the National Basketball Association wondered privately just how good the kid really was. True enough, Oscar ("The Big 0") Robertson, 21, had been the highest scorer in the history of college basketball, averaging 33.8 points per game for his three years...
Many people who complain of whiplash, reports Dr. Threadgill. "do not have anything more than a temporary indisposition. They have no real injury to muscle, nerve, tendon or bone." In examination of 88 supposed whiplash victims, Threadgill found only 14 cases in which patients' subjective complaints (e.g., neck pains...