Word: vinegar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heating it and quenching it rapidly in water. For joining different pieces, they developed several methods, including a sophisticated process also known to Etruscan and Greek goldsmiths; it is called granulation, a form of oxygenless welding in which a drop of copper acetate (made by dissolving copper in vinegar) and glue was used to fuse the gold...
...they wear a crimson sweater with a huge "H". Another sign that they are fast becoming a part of the Harvard indoctrination. Before you know it these young "virgin people" are beginning to talk and act like all the Harvard classes before them. They're full of "piss 'n'vinegar." They want to change the world. They want to build and create a UTOPIA so the poor and the downtrodden will no longer suffer. What a joke! They come to Harvard with beautiful thoughts--and that is to help humanity--and they wind up sitting in a swivel chair...
...rich in juice and joy. His tongue drips wise saws and modern instances like a mercantile Polonius. Buloff is a treasure in the role, an ancient of days, full of pith and vinegar...
...More efficient," says Baldrige. Asparagus and very crisp bacon may be eaten with the fingers, and salad may be cut with a knife, she ordains. (The old stricture against cutting salad with a knife was meant to spare the hostess's silver-plated blade, which could be corroded by vinegar dressing.) But it still is "heresy to cut spaghetti." Somewhat conservatively, Baldrige advises that fried chicken "should be eaten with the fingers only on such occasions as picnics, barbecues, boat rides and other informal outdoor gatherings." As for caviar, "never take more than a teaspoonful, or you will have everyone...
Street or the latest Government goof are laced with vinegar and lightened with pixie dust. "I follow the Mencken rule of never saying anything good about a sitting President," he laughs. His standard advice to worriers: "It's just your money, not your life." Rukeyser is addicted to puns and one-liners (sample: "One more week like this and we'll have to call this program Wall Street Wake...