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...effortless look, the throwaway chic that the Americans do so well. They can give a dinner party for eight, be up early next morning on the tennis court, and still look fresh the next day." The great and relatively recent accomplishment of American fashion has been to take dictatorship away from the designer...
...that in an energetic, profligate culture like America's, language seems as disposable as ballpoint pens or beer cans. That throwaway mentality may account for some of the negligence. The argument is not between changes, linguistic innovation, new combinations on the one hand, and priggish correctness on the other. It is between meaning and meaninglessness. When language is reduced, so is civilization. George Orwell understood that "the smaller the area of choice [of words], the smaller the temptation to take thought...
More important, capitalism's superior productivity is not solely a matter of electric toothbrushes and throwaway soft-drink bottles: the system also does better at filling basic human needs like food. Farmers in the capitalist U.S., Canada and Australia grow enough not only to feed their own peoples but also to export huge surpluses. In contrast, the Soviet Union?although 30% of its workers labor on its vast farmlands?has to import food. So does India, which permits private farming but insists out of socialist principle that the produce be sold at unrealistically low prices...
...throwaway lines that can bring People items to life are also sought over lunch and by telephone. Calling up Barbra Streisand or Paul Newman can be difficult. "It's not easy to get that one good quote from a celebrity," says him up at Macintosh, noon." "especially if you wake To illustrate the section, Assistant Picture Editor Michele Stephenson scans hundreds of photos for offbeat images of "name" names. "We're not just looking for any old king or billionaire," Stephenson says. "People have to have qualities that have captured the imagination of millions, like Jackie...
...result, second-hand equipment, once regarded as throwaway junk, is now attracting premium prices. New drilling pipe sells for $10.50 per ft. when available; when it is not, wildcatters often settle for used pipe supplied by oilfield hustlers at $20 per ft. "They charge an arm and a leg," complains Walter Bates, owner of a well-service firm in Odessa, Texas. "But I'm happy to pay any price to get the equipment I need." Sometimes, the equipment is not only high-priced but hot as well. Says Sheriff Elwood Hill of Odessa: "They are stealing just about everything...