
Source: 1960s, Counterblast (1969), p.12
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Variant: Historical Overdosing: to live in a period of time when too much seems to happen. Major symptoms include addiction to newspapers, magazines, and TV news broadcasts.
Source: 1960s, Counterblast (1969), p.12
“The newspaper fits the reader’s program while the listener must fit the broadcaster’s program.”
The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant
“I have this heavy addiction to life and I'm told that the withdrawal symptoms are shocking.”
Source: The Mortdecai Trilogy, After You With The Pistol (1979), Ch. 21.
"The Students Take Over," The Nation (1960); later printed as "Beginnings of a New Revolt" http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/newrevolt.htm, Assays (1961)
quoted in "Marshall McLuhan, Author, Dies; Declared 'Medium Is the Message'" by Alden Whitman, The New York Times, January 1, 1981
1980s