Word: uptightness
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LYNDON JOHNSON HAD this little game he liked to play. He would call in one of his more uptight, straightlaced Ivy-League advisors, like Douglas Dillon, and then would conduct a perfectly normal discussion of some current issue--while LBJ sat on the toilet. LBJ enjoyed watching his advisor squirm and would bark something like "What's the matter with you, boy?" if the aide's discomfort became too obvious...
...professionals they are uncertain. As citizens they are uptight, anxious and cynical about government...
Another said her proctor had given copies of Fear of Flying to everyone in the entry. "She handled roommate problems better than anyone I'd ever seen." Many male freshmen said they found female proctors to be less uptight than the men. Some freshmen had male proctors who tried to compete with their students socially and athletically, and found female proctors' non-competitiveness a relief. Said one, "You have a hard time competing with your peers. It's an unfair disadvantage, and a very demoralizing one, to have to measure up to some stud proctor who's getting...
...hear many of Britain's leaders tell it, that financially uptight little island need only await the imminent tapping of North Sea oil and gas for the dawning of a bright new day. Prime Minister Harold Wilson jokes: "There is speculation which member of the Cabinet will become chairman of OPEC in the 1980s." Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey says that Britain's petroleum import needs will be halved by 1977 and eliminated within five years...
...those who are less creative, Pianist Klein is setting up a company to sell prerecorded answering tapes that will respond to callers with anything from no-nonsense direct greetings to 16-track orchestrated production numbers with voiceovers. Says Klein: "Answering machines make people uptight. Maybe our tapes will make life a little easier for them...