Word: sicker
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...probably have dollar signs painted on their teeth. But perhaps it is worth it. Perhaps the glint in a septuagenarian eye, a glint meaning, "We do have it in us," justifies the gargantuan cosmic folly of putting on an expensive, frivolous revival. If it doesn't, then Broadway is sicker than it thinks...
...respect me and take care of me.' It is clear from our studies that if the older hypochondriac's environment changes for the better, he will too. He will again become a reasonable, normal person. This is quite different from the reaction of the younger hypochondriac, who is much sicker psychologically and much less likely to respond to a favorable change in environment...
...efforts to fight the air controllers' "sick-out" strikes, the Federal Aviation Administration investigated the controllers' attorney, F. Lee Bailey, and now claims-though no one at the FAA went so far as to talk to Bailey-that he is a lot sicker than the men he defended for staying home. In a dossier compiled for the FAA, Government psychiatrists labeled the famous criminal lawyer "dangerous" and "irresponsible." "He collects heads," said one. "He's a young rebel, a David. His role in life is to slay Goliaths." Bailey sprang to the counter-analysis. "General paranoia...
...welcome as the holiday rally was, many investors might question whether the volatile Dow average really reflects the overall trend of U.S. stock prices. The Dow, which is composed of 30 blue-chip stocks (from Allied Chemical to Woolworth), has made the stock market look sicker than it really has been during its seven-month slide. From its 1969 peak in mid-May, the D-J average has fallen 17%; the decline has been only 13%, or 24% less for the broadly based New York Stock Exchange composite average of all 1,287 listed companies and Standard & Poor...