Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Macavoy, 42, member of Lyndon Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers and now of Ford's, cited the Government's ubiquitous presence as one reason why people feel powerless. "Every aspect of employment is controlled by a federal agency," said Macavoy, "from hiring to retiring, size, shape, color, composition, seniority, technical facility, how you advertise and buy and sell labor...
...fact is already doing some effective propagandizing of its own: one cartoon recently published in its pages shows a man and woman trying to kiss, only to be blocked by their long cigarettes. Another depicts a sickly looking man holding to his head a pack of cigarettes in the shape...
That he survived was remarkable; what followed was more remarkable still. Two weeks after the crash, he left the hospital for his farm near Salzburg. With the help of a physical therapist, he worked himself back into shape. Precisely six weeks after his accident, he entered the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and finished fourth. But first had come a terrifying practice round. Said Lauda: "It was raining, really horrible conditions, and I had to go out to see if I could still do my work. The car was aquaplaning. I was really scared and I stopped. But the next...
BUILDINGS HOLD OUR LIVES, but we have forgotten how they shape us. The house, the office building, the factory, the church contain daily activity, influence us their users in the small ways that ultimately determine the grand scene of our actions. What I say and do in my bedroom is significantly affected by the fire door located inescapably next to my bed, through which my neighbors and I can and do willy-nilly communicate all our audible bedroom life. My relations with Harvard bureaucracy (especially the Registrar's Office and UHS) are inextricably linked to the hostile grey sterility...
...best tradition of the Democratic Party. No one ever promised us unemployment, economic recession, peace with dishonor, a polluted environment, ad nauseam. I would not expect Jimmy Carter to do so. But it remains to be seen what he proposes to do about our problems, and what philosophy would shape his proposals...