Word: stylebook
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Matters of taste and the social amenities come under close stylebook scrutiny. The Buffalo Evening News avoids "mention of hideous creatures or gruesome circumstances" and substitutes "glamorous" for "sexy"; the Commercial Appeal warns its reporters to "write nothing that will spoil the appetite." The Chicago Tribune permits "s.o.b.," but defines it as a "Trumanism." The Los Angeles Times, concluding that all women aren't ladies, ungallantly applies its conclusion: "A salesgirl or a saleswoman is not a saleslady, and a washerwoman is not a washlady, so a scrubwoman cannot be a scrublady." In Detroit, the News withholds the title...