Word: encyclopedia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand that a few individuals out there made us of some variety of rock encyclopedia, which we frown upon but cannot prevent. Whaddya think this is, West Point or something? Nevertheless, a good time was had by all, including Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsly, Lori Aronson and various other collaborators...
Many individual retailers were less ebullient. Their reactions approximated that of the kid who expected a walkie-talkie but got an encyclopedia: Uh, O.K. But even they agreed that sales were up at least slightly more than inflation...
...council." NATO Secretary-General Joseph Luns hailed him as "one of the most effective Foreign Ministers of our century" and "a man to whom the adjective 'great' can be applied with sincerity." Belgian Foreign Minister Renaat van Elslande presented Kissinger with a reproduction of a Latin encyclopedia from the year 1120; West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher gave him a 1642 engraving of Kissinger's birthplace, Fuerth, Germany...
...book has the same size, feel and illustrated mini-encyclopedia format as the author's last two manuals, The Joy of Sex and More Joy of Sex. But this time British Author Alex Comfort, 56, is trying for a pop bestseller on old age, not sexual hydraulics. A Good Age (Crown; $9.95) is Comfort's attack on "agism"-prejudice against the elderly, which he considers society's most stupid bias. After all, the elderly are the only outcast group that everyone eventually expects to join. "I wonder," says Comfort, "what Archie Bunker would say about Puerto Ricans...
Clearly intent on consciousness raising among the elderly, Comfort urges those over 65 to take no guff about their age. One of his encyclopedia entries is titled "Dignity. Stand on this. (See Pulling Rank.)" He advises "bloody-mind-edness"("Be ruthless to rudeness." "Show you expect respect"). Any use of titles such as Pop or Granny must be punished. "Point out acidly that you have a name and if they don't know it they can damn well ask, and that you were earning a living when they were still eating baby food...