Word: nuremberg
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...would have cut both ways, of course. It would have shown Jesse Owens, the black American, taking three gold medals from the Master Race. TV might have had some earnest little between-meets features discussing Hitler's anti-Semitic programs (the promulgation of the Nuremberg Laws, for example, which denied citizenship and livelihood to Germany's Jews). Might have; but sports television's mentality runs to the upbeat, the visually appealing and, obviously, the accessible...
...duly eulogized as Britain's savior; but Beaton also observes "his feminine hands with the pointed nails and ringers" and the cracks in his patent-leather shoes. He also records the great man's uncensored political comments. Speaking about the Nazi war criminals, then on trial in Nuremberg, Churchill was typically direct. "Bump 'em off," he growled, "but don't prolong the agony." Evelyn Waugh, an old enemy from school days, receives the worst treatment, and for a telling reason. "In our own way we were both snobs," Beaton admits, "and no snob welcomes another...