Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Joseph Borkin, 67, Washington attorney, economist and author; of a heart attack; in Chevy Chase, Md. A trustbuster with the U.S. Department of Justice from 1938 to 1946, Borkin also pursued his commitment to social justice with such books as The Corrupt Judge (1962) and last year's The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben, an expose of the German chemical company that provided Hitler's troops with poison...
...religion, in-laws. Examples: "I sometimes worry about my future husband's (wife's) temper"; "I worry that my husband (wife) is too dependent on his/her parents." A priest or deacon will meet regularly with the couple over the half-year, and may refer them to Catholic Social Services for special counseling. Catholics who marry non-Catholics must also follow the procedure. If a couple refuse to wait and get married by a judge instead, they must undergo the same process before a sacramental marriage. Rausch will insist on the six-month rule even when the woman...
Lester Lanin, society orchestra leader: "I very seldom fail to play the wedding of a girl whose coming-out we've played. Then she becomes chairman of a charity ball and engages us. They're loyal, the social element in this country...
...biographer of Samuel Johnson swilled and swived his way through 18th century London and suffered, by Dr Ober's documented count, 19 acute attacks of urethritis. Just how the clap affected his writing is not readily apparent. More comprehensible are the roots of Boswell's reckless social life, specifically his Scots Calvinist origin with its severe strictures against wine and wenching. For Boswell, the embodiment of this authority was his father, the eighth Lord Auchinleck, a straitlaced, unaffectionate parent and a distinguished jurist who wore his courtroom robes around the house. The case history is not unfamiliar...
...because of insufficient audience support. In the past few years, moderately priced suburban dinner theaters have lured many patrons away from the $25 tickets and distasteful proximity to the combat zone. Observes Friedberg: "Boston is a city with champagne tastes and beer pocketbooks." It is also a city where social climbing is just not done in Symphony Hall. Unlike younger cities, Boston has class that is bred on Beacon Hill, not bought with hefty contributions to the arts. Says Walter Pierce, director of the Boston University Celebrity Series: "If this were Tulsa, the Metropolitan Center would have happened overnight...