Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anyone laughing out loud at what's inside the Lampoon (and how often do you see that?), it is probably McClelland's doing, too. His narrated cartoons, smacking of Don Martin and Jules Feiffer, are irresistible. The uncanny thing is that he can make a page scream, grumble, or "throw away lines" at will...
...Harvard-Yale game, sages say you can throw out all record books and logical favorites. Logically, Princeton outplayed Harvard, and Yale outplayed Princeton. Therefore Harvard will win today...
...Gover nor Rockefeller, foresaw some uncertainties in the futures of Massachusetts' Governor Volpe, New Hampshire's Democratic Governor John King and New Jersey's Republican Senator Case. As a result, edgy incumbents in the twelve Eastern states fought like Trojans. And, instead of a year to "Throw the Rascals Out," 1966 wound up as the year in which Eastern voters decided overwhelmingly to "Keep...
...result is that the modern American is not bothered by the waste of materials. What concerns him is time-his time. In the abundant U.S. economy, materials are relatively cheaper than labor. If something he can buy and throw away can save an American time, he does not feel it is a real waste...
...Throwing out bottles may seem wasteful; but considering the total cost of the time and trouble it takes to return, store, ship back and resterilize a bottle, it is often cheaper to use a new one. In the case of appliances, a dishwasher might cost $150; after some years, it may cost $100 to repair it, since a highly paid repairman's individual labor is immensely less efficient than the assembly-line labor that produces the machine. In this instance, it would clearly be wasteful not to buy a new washer. Says Sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset...