Word: calloused
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...Black, who betrays a certain nervousness in this comedown role) through various tedious amatory escapades with a number of older women. Some of them, despite the title and the falteringly worldly tone of the picture, actually treat him quite badly. This seems only fair, since he is himself either callous or exploitative in other episodes. All the couplings are accompanied by doltish dialogue, and they are staged with an amateurishness that would get them hooted off the screen in any decently managed hard-core house. And, though the women are not required to expose much of themselves, what they...
...publishing Peter Stoler's biased antihunting essay, you and the author qualify for our "Crooked Shaft" award. This honor goes only to those who contribute significantly to perpetuating the contemporary myth that most hunters are bloodthirsty, hard-drinking, rough-talking, callous clods...
...avoid abuses of workers or a return to the pre-Nader days of unsafe cars. If there were no mandatory standards set by Government, companies willing to spend hard cash on antipollution and safety gear would lose orders to competitors that refused to make those social investments; the callous companies would have lower costs. The nation desperately needs to find a sensible midpoint between too much regulation and too little...
...workers' vote, however, does not indicate satisfaction with the contract. The dining hall workers simply preferred working under an inadequate contract to going on strike, with the financial hardships a strike entails. Harvard's refusal to compromise is hardly surprising, given the University's generally callous attitude toward union employees. While the contract contains a reasonable wage increase, food services remains a traditionally lower-paid industry. The pensions offered in the latest contract are still pitifully inadequate, and so workers need expanded benefits to fill the wage gap. Despite kitchen workers' requests that the University consider these concerns, Edward...
...dedication ceremony also displayed the callous disregard of opposing viewpoints to which many members of the University community have become accustomed of late. President Bok, in his refusal to address or even recognize the existence of the peaceful protestors who attended the opening, yet again demonstrated his unwillingness to confront the South Africa issue openly and forcefully. Meanwhile, the often crude and threatening efforts of Kennedy School administrators to deter the protestors from having their say -- including their insistence that the demonstrators violated an "agreement" that never existed -- reflects a frame of mind that values the forms of pomp...