Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there are hot breads and lemon pie. One couple does object testily when the steward is unable to produce a corkscrew for the bottle of Moulin-á-Vent '76 they had brought to table. It turns out that the train does serve wine, but "it's all twist-top," the steward explains. Smoking is banned in the dining car. Both breakfast servings produce perfectly cooked eggs any-style with a choice of grits and cream gravy, sausage, bacon, hash, broiled ham and, as a post-Atlantan flourish, exemplary French toast. All food is cooked on big old stoves...
...Strauss observed last week, "it is inflation 100, Strauss 0.' For an old pol like Strauss, who used to grab arms and twist them, trying to track down something like inflation is infuriating. "It's a lot of ghosts," he said. "It's like fog I like to be able to shake something, to hit it, to denounce somebody...
Turn-of-the-century progressives and populists championed the statewide referendum as a way of giving the little man a voice on political issues. Thus the idea of allowing lavish spending by big corporations to sway the outcome of a referendum would probably make the likes of Robert LaFollette twist in their graves. But last week the Supreme Court gave corporations the go-ahead to spend whatever they please. The court's reason? Corporations have at least one thing in common with the individual: the right to speak out on governmental issues...
Such an ironic twist breathes fresh air into a few of the stories, especially when Schorer uses his imagery not to undercut his heroes with satire but to heighten the intensity of their momentary fulfillment...
...Twist 1: it turns out that nuclear power right now is neither safe, cheap nor reliable. Twist 2: we are asked to put our fears aside and have faith in the nuclear industry because of its long history, though we aren't to expect too much from it because it's really too young to have any of the real answers. Twist 3: we are told that environmentalists want us living in the Stone Age, but we don't have the technology for that...