Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kind of laid-back god. The Washington Post on Sunday, July 3, normally a time to print celebrations of purple mountain majesties, scaled new Reagan heights. He dominated the front page in photograph and story, arguing gently with Environmentalist Ansel Adams. He or events around him were the topic of the day for Columnists Haynes Johnson, Mary McGrory, Joseph Kraft, et al. Special Contributors George Reedy and Joseph Califano, both from Lyndon Johnson's White House, weighed in on Reagan. The Style section was a poster of the smiling Reagans on vacation. The paper's Food section explored...
...Mace. She is co-author with Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist Peter Rabins of The Thirty-Six Hour Day, a tellingly titled book on the grueling aspects of caring for the victims. Most important, she explains, is to "simplify the sensory information the patient is getting." Mace suggests discussing only one topic at a time, not confusing patients with too many choices, posting instructions on how to use household appliances and encouraging the individual to make lists and written reminders. No one with Alzheimer's should be cut off from friends or a normal routine, Mace argues. But instead of having...
...images of the bitter clashes involved in integrating "Ole Miss" were revived late last month when the recordings of key discussions on the topic, held by then President John F. Kennedy '40, were released. From the transcripts emerge the drama surrounding the conflict--lengthy discussions of troop maneuverings and crowd control. At one point, Kennedy even inquired about arresting a Southern military figure who championed the segregationists. The main image conveyed by the more than 100 pages of dialogue over two days was the straightforward nature of the conflict--JFK unflinchingly insisted on integration proceedings, because of his duty...
Lost in the Cosmos turns this brain-twisting topic into a sort of game show. Percy's questions span what he calls the deranged world from Descartes to "Dear Abby." The reader is provided multiple-choice answers. None are wrong, but some are more correct than others. Sample question: "If you are a shy person, is it better to accept your shyness, or to seek help from a psychotherapist?" Sample answers: "It is better to seek help from a psychotherapist because it is better not to suffer than to suffer ... It is better to read a book about...
...store owners and other retailers queue up at the Consumer Electronics Show every June to place orders for the Christmas selling season. When participants gather this week in Chicago for the annual bazaar, however, the hot topic of conversation will not be whether Zaxxon or Keystone Kapers will unseat Centipede as the industry's bestselling videogame. It will be: What's going on at Atari...