Word: vincent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chances of survival for a proposal to exempt college students from the 8 per cent meal tax appear almost non-existent, State Rep. Vincent J. Piro, the chairman of the Taxation Committee of the Massachussetts State Legislature, said yesterday...
...appear in its list of 16,000 people who "demonstrated merit in some form of religious activity." Among those not present: Roman Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; Unification Church Founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon; Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee; and Manhattan Clergyman Norman Vincent Peale, whose "positive thinking" books have sold more than 5 million copies in the U.S. "It was a first-time publication and schedules were tight," explains Who's Who Sales Manager Sandra Barnes. She adds that the editors have already started making amends for the next issue, due on the shelves...
After the boom, slump. Millet had died in 1875, having greatly influenced Gauguin, Cézanne, Seurat, blue-period Picasso and especially Vincent Van Gogh. Later, modernism lost interest in images of rural labor; they were derided as sentimental masscult. Millet sank from view, leaving behind one obdurate cliché: The Angelus, in its tacky frame, on every parlor wall...
Smile. I've never actually been to southern California, but based on what I've read and heard I've nursed a tremendous loathing for the place. Ah, California--land of Norman Vincent Peale-inspired small businessmen, San Clemente, sterile beauty and freeways. Smile was released about a year ago, and because of some kind of distribution problems, hasn't made it to a lot of theatres. The focus of the movie is a state beauty pageant managed by Barbara Feldon (of Get Smart fame) and judged by Bruce Dern, but that's just a jumping off point...
...could have come from Dale Carnegie or Norman Vincent Peale, but there are worse ways to slide into...