Word: shake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play, nor does one here ever get a sense of the outside world. By confining the action to the hospital, however, the claustrophobic feeling engendered by the rules and restrictions of the Combine is lacking. Even the basic process symbolized by the story, of democracy and individualism trying to shake off the hand of authority, fails to emerge clearly. The inmates seem rather like a bunch of raucous boys at prep school, or the junior members of a family where father where father McMurphy fights with mother Big Nurse for dominance in their sick little world...
...Shake it off. It can't be that bad: It's at least two feet from your heart," Kincaid responded, Hudson underwent surgery Tuesday and is resting comfortably but he still refuses to allow Kincaid as a visitor...
Downes has been emphasizing what he calls "bread-and-butter" issues. He wants to see a system of portable pensions instituted in the state, which would guarantee that a person could hold several jobs in his lifetime but not end up with just "a watch and a hand-shake...
...Only 14 months ago, James W. Brady took his reputation for brass and innovation from Women's Wear Daily to Harper's Bazaar. He soon won the titles of publisher and editorial director and set out to shake the frilly fashion monthly to its lingerie. Brady replaced conventional models with recognizable people posing against busy street backgrounds to show how fashions would look outside the salon. Trouble was that this approach merely irritated many women readers who wanted to get a straight, uncluttered look at the clothes. He brought a daily newspaper's intensity to Bazaar...
Regarding McGovern's domestic proposals, Horowitz said: "It's clear he doesn't want to shake up things...