Word: waked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DAYS, the political novel, like politics itself, was a game only professionals played. But in the wake of the "new politics" amateurs like Wilfrid Sheed, former film critic for Esquire, are beginning to write a new brand of political fiction. People Will Always Be Kind is a good example of how this new type fails: like the "new politics" itself, the book is unorganized, self-righteous and too self-consciously concerned with style...
After Ford departed in the wake of the 1969 University Hall occupation and the ensuing upheaval, Pusey installed Edward S. Mason as acting dean...
...been slow in filling vacant posts only because it is having trouble finding exceptionally talented people. But the suspicion persists that loyalty to the President-not talent-is what the White House is really looking for in its appointees. The staffing crisis is likely to grow worse in the wake of the new Watergate disclosures, which should leave quite a few job openings on the White House staff. This term, perhaps, the emphasis should be less on fealty to President and party and more on good and honest government...
Frustrated by what they saw as the S.P.D.'s caution and compromise in the wake of its impressive win at the polls last fall, Roth and his Jusos began organizing for last week's congress almost as soon as the election results were announced. There were five major issues: how to redistribute the wealth generated by Germany's economic boom, how to allocate national resources in future planning, how to limit land speculation and increase public construction, whether "radicals" could be excluded from civil service jobs and, finally, whether to press for a withdrawal of U.S. forces...
...keeps coke in his wall safe. A New York advertising firm is said to impress clients by giving out small samples. A Hollywood film editor says that some movie and record companies pay for the stuff out of their operating budgets because "people won't work without their wake-up calls...