Word: topicalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they call you?" Lear asked. " 'Glamorous,' " drawled Mosbacher. "Take it, honey," barked Lear. "They call me 'eccentric.' " Under the gleam of crystal refracted by lemony candlelight, Lear presided over dinner for twelve served by a squadron of waiters. Playing impresario, she deftly focused scattershot conversations into one group topic, spawning debates over the reasons matte eye-shadow sales are soaring (one theory: softens the wrinkles) and whether there will be a woman President -- "Not in my lifetime," insists Lear. Quick and sharp- witted, she suffers fools not at all and snubs sycophants with an icy glance. But when...
...says talk-show veteran Larry King. A number of prominent talk hosts are staying away from the convention being organized by Jerry Williams, and the management of New York City's WABC-AM has forbidden its employees to attend. "We feel that unifying talk-show hosts on any political topic is undue and unfair concentration of media power," says program director John Mainelli...
...because it is in the interest of all European nations, the Soviet Union and the U.S. Why can't we negotiate along parallel tracks on strategic weapons, conventional arms, chemical weapons and also tactical nuclear weapons? And then, later on, we shall discuss the naval forces, which is a topic the West does not like...
Other Students came for more practical reasons. Aoibheann Sweeney '91 wanted to speak to an authority on The Color Purple, the topic of her sophomore tutorial research paper...
...LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan (Putnam; $18.95). A bright, sharp-flavored first novel on the subject of growing up ethnic in the U.S. The topic sounds familiar, but the Chinese spice added to this old recipe is invigorating and refreshingly true...