Word: silent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turned silent, as he often does during a conversation, and kept walking for a while. "I like Jimmy," he went on. "He's got faults, like all of us. He's ambitious. But he's not greedy, and he's considerate." He said he himself was probably a little more conservative than Carter but the two, from their rural roots, had similar ideas about helping poor people. Most important, Kirbo felt that Carter would restore integrity to the country. "Doing what's morally right has always been important...
...chemical was causing some species of birds to lay eggs with abnormally thin shells that broke during brooding; as a result, the numbers of ospreys, peregrine falcons, bald eagles and brown pelicans were declining. These revelations were followed by the publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, which began to crystallize anti-insecticide sentiment. But the coup de gráce was administered by later studies showing that DDT could cause cancer in laboratory animals. Deciding that the compound was a hazard to humans, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered DDT sales to be restricted in 1972 and banned...
...SILENT MOVIE...
...really silent. There is music in Silent Movie, stray sound effects, and some title cards-just like in the days before Vitaphone-but no one utters a single word. Well, somebody does pronounce aloud one tiny monosyllable, but let no one step on a laugh by revealing either the word or the perpetrator. Just one caution: people may be laughing so hard all around you that, to hear the word, close attention will have to be paid. Silent Movie is brassy, incautious, funny without mercy. For laughter, Brooks gives no quarter, and he disdains the small change. As ever...
...League elitism and the worthlessness of that burnt-out dope, Paul Krassner, in the old style. Wolfe's former tone was something akin to deflating everyone's act: all the world were fakers and he covered it as reporter and participant. Now Wolfe's tone is me and the silent majority (though stupid) are right and you suck, not nearly as appealing for a guy who used to be thought of, by people like me, as a potential Jonathan Swift reincarnate...