Word: towerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...managing editor from 1937 to 1941 (he coined the term World War II) before becoming managing editor of the March of Time from 1941 to 1946, then joined Newsweek as a senior editor and six years later retired to write fiction, producing three novels, including Tower in the West, a parable of brotherly love, which won the 1957 Harper novel prize; of a stroke; in Siasconset, Mass...
...little Parrish cares about laughter when you count up his attempts at wit and find that none is original. He opens with a aerial view of an electricity tower rising next to a statue of a Catholic saint--just like the opening of La Dolce Vita where a helicopter swoops over skyscrapers with a piece of saintly statuary roped to its belly. Unfortunately, Parrish steals the shot without understanding...
...that the written word is not effective among the Arabs. One method involves meetings over coffee between Arab notables and local Israeli officials; another calls for loading Arab leaders aboard buses for tours through Israel to see rural and urban development. A typical stop is the 36-story Shalom Tower skyscraper, where the Arabs can see unmistakable refutation of Cairo Radio's claim that Tel Aviv lies in ruins. Visits to a supermarket draw a standard query: "How do you prevent stealing...
Geisel, an irrepressible child who has no children, is far from obsolete. Working out of a former observation tower atop Mount Soledad, highest point in La Jolla, he carefully turns his easel away from the distraction of the panoramic Pacific view, continues to create intriguing cartoon characters, pen funny-but moralistic-stories, mainly in verse. Scarcely a grade school or children's library in the U.S. is without his books, which are used mainly to help beginning readers get a kick out of reading. Geisel once based his book texts-as most publishers of reading primers still...
...endured for more than a decade: an ordinary chap in sports shirt, ballooning slacks and white socks (to draw attention to his feet). His style was virile, breezy, and charged with a lusty bravura, whether he was splashing through a Technicolor rainstorm, kicking up his heels beneath the Eiffel Tower, or skittering across Manhattan stoops in his Navy whites. Though his singing voice sounded like someone gargling pebbles, he projected an easy grace and wit that made him the most sought-after song-and-dance man in Hollywood...