Word: super
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Confronted with a menu offering him the choice of "Le Wimpy," "Le Super Wimpy," "Le Wimpy King Size" or "Le Super Wimpy King Size"-all hamburgers-a Frenchman might be expected to cry out for a double cognac and forget about lunch. In fact, more and more Frenchmen are gobbling a snack and forgoing a leisurely feast at lunchtime. The man leading the assault on gastronomical tradition is Jacques Borel, 39, proprietor of 107 snack bars and cafeterias in Paris...
Inoffensive Predictions. Because he had just been elected to Parliament, Churchill asked Ohlinger not to publish anything that might jeopardize his career. The young reporter, who later became a successful Ohio attorney, was super-scrupulous. He quoted only a few inoffensive remarks in his story in the Inlander. After Churchill's death, Ohlinger, now 89, decided it would do no harm to publish the remainder of the interview. What if Churchill had suggested that Russia should be permitted to move into China? Considering his youth, the hour, and the amount of whisky he had consumed, the young imperialist said...
When Superman is enjoyable, as it sometimes is, the overall lack of cohesion matters little. When the multi-colored super-hero gets introduced to someone and he says "Glad to meet you, I'm Superman," what difference does it make if the character he meets appears in one scene, fails in love with Lois Lane, and is never heard from again? But after a while, so many plot points and characters are introduced only to be dropped or ignored, that the musical loses all of its continuity and most of its interest...
...drunk Canadians are creations of T. D. Allman '66. The Dawn of the Super-Renaissance" rises on these two sinners as they sit in the wake of a wild party, reliving their amours. Each is a kind of narcissistic, overgrown adolescent, his dim emotions locked in his sensual tastes. The story is about the feelings that somehow force their way through the pair's collegiate preoccupations. Allman's prose plays over the senses without being heavy-handed. The story moves along rapidly, making graceful transitions between narrative and introspection. With the final knockout punch, feeling--as an emotion, as well...
...lively Londoner, no explanations are really necessary. Talking the flip jargon that has become basic English for teenagers, jet setters and indeed any knowledgeable adult striving to maintain the illusion that he is at least young in heart, the switched-on London bird or beatle calls his urb "super," "fab," "groovy," "gear," "close" or "with it." "Ready, steady, go. There's a Whole Scene Going," chirps Cathy McGowan, 22, moderator on ITV's Ready, Steady Go show and London's favorite "dolly" of the moment, doing a deliberate "sendup" (takeoff) on the title...