Word: sicking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cities, which would still be a fine thing if it hadn't been for the Chinese communist revolution. Since then various characters have been asking me why I let it happen. (What was my real motive? etc.) Nationalist China, in retrospect, seems to have been like a sick patient--to hide the gravity of the illness would leave people unwarned, to announce it was demoralizing. Most of us in the China business, I think, were over-optimistic and under-informed about the communists, the same as the American public in general; but, given our own distance and demobilization...
Whether or not they are happy, it seems almost an axiom that the rapidly rich fritter few hours frivolously. They mostly abhor time-consuming activities like heading Kiwanis drives, playing golf, drinking till dawn, and being sick in bed. Though they often complain about their limited playtime, almost all the nouveaux share a drive to accumulate assets beyond any expectation of liquidating the lucre...
...anti-nuclear power demonstrations in New Hampshire make me sick...
...hostages, ranging in age from six to twelve years, were eventually allowed hot food, bedding, blankets and medicine by their captors. They played games, watched television, read and occasionally cried in fright. The Moluccans released the first pupils to fall sick and then, as the epidemic spread, telephoned Dutch authorities over a special line: "All the children will be freed. You may arrange the necessary transportation." After examining the released youngsters, Dutch doctors feared that some may have contracted meningitis. One ailing teacher was also released; the other four remained captive, though they were reportedly ill as well...
...Real sick. But Paco loved it, and laughed every day when he glanced at it right up there next to the UFW eagle. Then he'd go out and put on his ascot and pick up his briefcase and go right back to turning the handle himself...