Word: plastic
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...When I described my thesis topic to the History and Lit people, I said that there was nothing left but the dead plastic horse at the bottom of the swimming pool. The dead plastic horse comes from Nathanael West, but the History and Lit people didn't like the image. For one thing, it seemed frivolous. And dead and plastic are, after all redundant. Where will you be next Locust...
...rose by only 43%. Nor is pollution localized in cities where the most people are: radioactive fallout, pesticide residue and fertilizer run-off all pollute the rural environment. The root problem, Commoner said, lies in consumption patterns. Bowing to economic incentives, man now prefers synthetic materials like rayon and plastic to natural ones like cotton and wood. In fact, the number of new products-each of which needs greater inputs of energy and technology -multiplies every year...
...narrating the nuts and bolts of the flight. But there was absolutely no suspense. One knew beforehand that Apollo 11 would succeed and that Aquarius would become stranded in orbit with his preoccupations about corporate capitalism, WASPhood, the metaphysics of cancer, the death grip of practically anything made of plastic, and his need to find the peace and security of family life and decent work...
...seem strange at first to claim there is anything philosophical about the spectacle of twenty-two professional giants pounding over a field of plastic grass while 60,000 lunatics roar in pleasure or disgust. The players, of course, with their physical and financial survival in continual jeopardy, are no more likely to philosophize during the game than gladiators in the arena-But for the viewers, especially for the viewers watching for free in the eremitical peace of living room or den, protected from the elements, aided and enlightened by instant replay and running commentary, a well played game...
Fuck the celebrities, though, for inside the suburban elegance of the plastic-and-turquoise theatre, the team was already whooping it up. Admittedly, the hors d'oeuvres weren't much more than pasteboard decorations, but then the champagne had already begun to compensate for that. Around the refreshment counter, which had been entirely given over to dispensing the stuff-despite the disappointment of one girl who demanded to know "Where you can get a candy bar around there?"-the crowd was packed tighter than a bunch of high school girls trying to extract autographs from Bobby Orr. And that...