Word: slips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accused by others of having plotted with Communists in the telegraph administration to slip my story out It took five days to get through to Chiang K'ai-shek and then only with the help of the sainted widow of Dr. Sun Yat-sen one of Madame Chiang K'ai-shek's older sisters. It was she who insisted the dictator receive me and then, to stiffen me the dainty lady wrote, "... report conditions as frankly and fearlessly as you did to me. If heads must come off, don't be squeamish about...
Tunes like Lowe's Music for Money, I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass and the Lowe-Edmunds Little Hitler have a jagged cutting edge, but the melodies slip them straight into the mainstream, where they are anchored by Edmunds' fire-wheel lead guitar, Lowe's bemused vocals and fast-breaking bass ("I'm never gonna win any awards for my playing"). The sound-straight, uncomplicated, meant to give you a quick hit of euphoria-has its roots in the defunct British group Brinsley Schwarz. Lowe put in a five-year stint with the Brinsleys, while...
...future plans. He speaks almost wistfully of the freedom and independence of academic life--"the life of a professor is wonderful, and I really appreciate it"--and yet he makes no indication that he is ready to return to that life just yet. Nor does he let slip any sign that he is willing to leave Harvard for greener--or at least less crimson--pastures. He sums up his future in the simple enigmatic phrase: "I don't intend to remain as Dean of the Faculty forever...
...gravity. As a result, the ship will make its approach to the planet at a lower speed than if it had taken a more direct route across space. Thus a smaller retrorocket will be needed to slow Pioneer down to the speed necessary for it to slip into its orbit around Venus...
Undeniably, the textile factories of the South are a major target for the AFL-CIO, which has seen the unionized portion of the American labor force slip from 26.6% ten years ago to 24% today. AFL-CIO President George Meany professes surprise at what he calls business's "holy war" against the Senate bill. He claims the battle should be solely between the unions and "lawbreaking corporations...