Word: informality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...typical travelers' items (a visit to a school, a jail, a hospital), the rest is taken up by conversations with normal Chinese, instead of the official spokesmen who populate most works on China. Schell has a healthy bias against official statements, the "Brief Introductions" that are supposed to inform the visitor about a particular Chinese institution. Too often, he suggests, the "B.I.s" lack depth, as the guide rattles off the revolutionary phrases without appearing to think about them...
...cannot describe Levanter with the mundane occupational lables that fit most people because tasks do not inform Levanter's existence. Instead, he becomes involved in "situations." Kosinski calls him an "investor," but this is not meant in the Wall Street sense. Levanter invests in himself and others. He invests in the relationsips he forms, "the only meaningful form of shareholding in life," according to Kosinski...
...list "even downtown Cleveland" among other major cities that great musical performers visit. On behalf of all other Clevelanders, and especially the Cleveland Orchestra, I would like to inform you that we continue to have a leading orchestra-if not the best-in the world...
...ends with the means. Until some sort of agreement is struck between the reporter and the source, a person doesn't have a "right" not to be quoted. If you don't want it in the press, don't say it. The reporter's first priority is to inform the reader of what is going on in the world; portecting his sources remains a secondary consideration. Only when the latter aids the former should the reporter start worrying about whom to quote and whom not to quote...
...Please inform my son that he should do some more homework and spend less time writing for your newspaper. He's at Harvard to get an education, you know, not to write me letters. Besides, he calls home four times a week as well. Sincerely, Sybil K. Savit...