Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...style again is almost certain to be more impressive than substance. If Carter comes across as a believable man, capable and fair, he will undoubtedly attract that controlling group of voters who are eager for a change. But if he shows poorly, is seen as calculating or waffling or brittle, his Everyman could turn into No Man, the candidate who reached for so many constituencies that he wound up with none...
These new politicians wince in honest horror at old-style racist demagoguery. Mississippi's venomous little Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo stayed in power for more than three decades by such tactics as describing one opponent as "begotten in a nigger graveyard at midnight" or, in defending himself against charges of religious bigotry, by declaring himself in favor of "every damn Jew from Jesus Christ on down...
...that Chicago was no place for a single parent to raise three children. In particular, he says, "I was worried about the schools and the gangs." He moved to his native Memphis to join Stax Record Co.'s promotion department. He bought a five-bedroom, Tudor-style house in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood, and hired a housekeeper. When Stax went bankrupt, Shaw started his own consulting agency, which helps a dozen firms to sell to black consumers. He earns about $40,000 a year...
...region. The South has more old towns with fewer than 7,500 residents than any other region in the nation. Both pilloried and praised by native writers, the small town remains the custodian of the Southern lifestyle. The home town's values, perceptions, even its personal style of politics, define in many ways the Southernness of the South...
...authoritative-books on the subject is The Taste of Country Cooking (Knopf), by Edna Lewis, a black gourmande of some 50 years, whose recipes are marinated in memory and deep-fried in philosophy. If there is a single definitive guide to Southern cookery, it is American Cooking: Southern Style (TIME-LIFE Books), by Eugene Walter. It is often quoted by gourmets steeped in Southern lore and victuals...