Word: unreality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is a class of men-shadowy, unhappy, unreal-looking men-who gather in coffee houses, and play with a desire that dieth not, and a fire that is not quenched. These gather in clubs and play tournaments...but there are others who have the vice who live in country places, in remote situations-curates, schoolmasters, tax collectors-who must needs find some artificial vent for their mental energy...
...players and their seconds now gathered in Reykjavik for the world championship match are neither shadowy nor unreal-looking men, and they are only occasionally unhappy. The same is true of the millions round the world whose imaginations have been fired by the battle of the giants, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. They gather in chess clubs, if they are seasoned aficionados, or in front of the TV in the corner bar, or around a transistor radio if they are out in the boondocks. They scream instructions, encouragement or abuse at the contestants with all the futile energy of spectators...
...Penthouse, begun in Britain, is an earthy and unabashed imitator with a European accent that has more than doubled its U.S. circulation to 2,000,000 in the past year. Penthouse Pets obviously glory in showing off their buxom bodies, moles and all, while Playboy's Playmates seem unreal, plasticized and antiseptic. Penthouse is pitched more heavily to the young, while one-third of Playboy's readership is now over...
...Unreal. Sprague learned some of his tireless approach from his parents, both psychiatrists, who taught him to probe and analyze. Then, during World War II, he learned an unforgettable lesson when Navy shipmates tried to rescue some drifting Japanese sailors and were riddled by Japanese gunfire. "You've got to have a society," Sprague says now, "in which people who transgress will be caught and punished." Even after the Supreme Court's ban on the death penalty, he continues to support it, and last week the Philadelphia D.A.'s office proposed amendments to state law that they...
Sprague almost left the law before really getting started: "I went to the University of Pennsylvania Law School, but I hated it. It was unreal. Then I got a job as a public defender. That took me into court, and I loved it. The courtroom was something magic. It was like a play, unfolding, developing...