Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Time for Truth, Simon...
...Golden Arches, Baskin-Robbins, the International House of Pancakes and Hamburger Hamlets have all been foiled by a Los Angeles campaign to enforce honesty in eateries: it is now against the law, for example, to describe a nondairy product as "cream," or lower-grade beef as "prime." Like truth inadvertising and truth in lending, truth in menus is catching on. Chicago issues its own menu guidlines: "'Baked ham' should not have been boiled." Councilwoman Carol Greitzer of NEw York City has introduced a bill of fair fare that would outlaw such representations as describing an ordinary spud...
...parents and grandparents were fascinated with words and poetics, and fostered that same affinity in their family. "I'm sure there's cellular truth to this, too," Carlin interjects, "but my mother's father was an original New York cop, and he had written out long-hand all of Shakespeare's written works--he quizzed my mother at the dinner table. And my mother was always careful to let us know how we could free ourselves through expression...
...Time for Truth, Simon...
...whites would therefore disagree more fervently with a group such as MOVE when the group points an accusing finger at the laws, philosophy and politics which keep the economic system intact. MOVE clearly bothered middle-class whites, and the vehemence of that backlash indicates at least a measure of truth in the group's accusations...