Word: worde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Please accept my gentle, loving indication to you that your quasi-learned etymology of the word "hippie" completely misses the mark. When the words "hip" and "hipster" were real cool, there was also the word "hippie"; it referred to an unhip person trying to be hip but not really making it. I suggest that this can tell us something about today's hippies...
...term hippie that conflicts with yours: "When opium smokers were getting their kicks, they used to lie down and smoke their pipes, throwing their weight on one hip. Thus, someone smoking opium was termed 'on the hip.' Years later American jazz musicians took up the word, applying it indiscriminately to anyone on drugs. In the present-day vernacular, it suggests looking beyond the camouflage of everyday reality, usually with the help of LSD and pot, but not always...
Director Nicholas Webster has made excellent use of his cameras and of the simple but solid sets. The costumes, inspired by archaic statues and vase paintings, are well designed and made of top-grade material. And finally, a word must be said for the stunning quality of the film's Anscocolor processing...
...word, pitching. If the longest game in All-Star history proved anything, it was that good hitters can't hit good pitchers-on a day when the pitchers have good stuff and do not have to worry about pacing themselves for nine innings. All told, five pitchers worked for the American League, seven for the National League. In 30 innings, they gave up only 17 hits, walked only two batters, and fanned a record 30, including among their strikeout victims some of the most fearsome sluggers in baseball. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays each came...
...Margins. Battling speculation by deed as well as word, the Amex two weeks ago imposed 100% margin requirements on eleven stocks in a single day. That restriction-the most sweeping the exchange has ever ordered-brought to a record 26 the number of Amex stocks for which buyers must pay the full purchase price. Normally, under Federal Reserve and stock exchange rules, an investor may borrow up to 30% of the cost from his stockbroker...