Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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John Kenneth Galbraith, 72, liberal economist, on the pleasure of Conservative William F. Buckley Jr.'s company: "With Bill, you don't have to think. He takes a position, and you automatically take the opposite one, and you know you're right...
Young as they are, they know that it is not in his power. Only adults have such childish illusions...
...wonder if it is a valid one or whether it has not been created less by writers than by publishers and booksellers. I am always astonished when I see books labeled 'From 5 to 7' or 'From 9 to 12,' because who is to know what child will be moved by what book and at what age? Who is to be the judge...
...bumped his head. "For an instant," the artist remembers, "it looked as if the child were about to cry. Then his head snapped backward, the kid stared at the sky openmouthed, and his face broke into this great goofy grin. I imagined how he felt. He didn't know that what he was looking at was the sky or that the color was called blue. He only knew that it was beautiful. And I thought, God, just let me be in touch with that baby's feelings...
Familiarity breeds nicknames, so it stands to reason that the more we get to know President-elect Ronald Reagan, the more likely we are to call him by any other name. But which one? Mr. Reagan calls Mrs. Reagan "Mommie," and she him "Ronnie." According to the New York Times, Mr. Reagan's tailor, Frank Mariani, also calls him Ronnie ("Ronnie is rather conservative"). Should we too call him Ronnie? Or should we call...