Word: getting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Though theoretically endowed with dictatorial powers, the new Governor planned to "play it gently," as a senior aide put it, until the cease-fire dilemma resolved itself one way or the other. A former ambassador to France, Soames has a reputation for a keen political sensitivity, an ability to get things done and a certain measure of arrogance. Predicts a friend: "He will frighten the life out of whites or blacks who dare disobey his orders...
...Rhodesia. Among the country's 212,000 whites, a somber mood of surrender and betrayal combined with a strong distrust of British motives. Snapped a white Salisbury housewife: "The British are not here to return democracy to us. They are here to turn us over to whosoever will get us off their hands...
...Even peanut butter, as an occasional bearer of aflatoxin, has been flagged as a menace. Driving? Fasten the seat belt- unless discouraged by warnings that most of them do not work. On the road, even rest-room signs often gratuitously warn against VD. Flying? Remember that some pas sengers get ozone poisoning in those high-altitude supersonic jets. Sleeping? Doing it too little or too much is associated with shortened life spans. Prettying up? It seems that some hair dyes, among other cosmetics, contain malignant agents. Need ex ercise? Take heed that middle-aged joggers are constantly fall ing dead...
...bitter. After five decades of working in textile mills, she receives $3,384 a year from Social Security as well as a small pension. A quarter of her income will go for heat; price increases mean a thinning out of her already poor diet. "Why should these oil people get rich while the poor people are going to freeze to death?" she asks. "Maybe I won't even be here by the time it gets really cold...
...porous and weatherbeaten two-room frame house. His gas has been cut off since sum mer. When he absolutely must return home, he says, "I put newspapers in the cracks and sleep with my clothes on and put on all the blankets and quilts I can find. If you get pneumonia, that's it." In Wisconsin's Green County, two 65-year-old widows have moved into one house to save on fuel costs. In Chicago, volunteers are knitting mittens and scarves for poor children while the city's Hull House Community Center conducts weatherizing workshops for residents...