Word: stillnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point, people consistently underestimated the size of the crowd ahead of them. The latecomer, the researchers conclude, is one of a special, desperate breed. He is blessed - or cursed - with an automatic mechanism for justifying the folly of sticking around and for "reassuring himself that his prospects are still good." The point in a line where pessimists shade into optimists, Mann and Taylor imply, is a good place for cooler heads to decide on quitting...
...power, and just plain shouting will not do. Traditionally, each farmer had a set of hollers that were recognizable as his own by their beat, melody and style of delivery. Some hollers were based on familiar hymn tunes, like Amazing Grace or What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Still others sounded like coyotes baying at the moon. The hollerer had to focus his tone sharply, like a diva trying to reach the upper balcony. To do this, some hollerers relied on a yodeling style in which every note was sung twice, a vibrating octave or so apart. A holler...
...creditors moved in to depose him in April 1968. "Money," he once said, "can be merchandised just like girlie shows," and in recent months he was contemplating a fresh start with his own advertising agency, conceding that he was no longer a rich man but "probably still a genius...
...lethal work, washing from fields into rivers, lingering on the leaves of trees, floating about in the atmosphere for years-and contaminating everything it touches. There are some scientists who estimate that as much as two-thirds of the 1.5 million tons of DDT produced by man may still be adrift...
...relatively high levels of DDT. The fish embryo, on the other hand, dies almost immediately when it begins to absorb the pesticide through the fatty yolk sac. In birds, DDT kills off the young by interfering with the female's egg-laying process. Though the exact chemistry is still obscure, the pesticide apparently sends the mother bird's liver into a frenzy of enzyme production. The excess enzymes break down such steroids as estrogen that are essential to the manufacture of calcium. Lacking adequate calcium, the bird's eggs emerge thin-shelled and flaky, offering scant protection...