Word: offends
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...CHINA: "In my time we took great care never to offend China until the Chinese actually started to crucify us. And when they did start to crucify us, well, I'm no Jesus Christ, and I didn't have to turn the other cheek." On his final visit to Peking, in 1959, Khrushchev tried vainly to get Mao Tse-tung's permission to build a radio in China that would reach Soviet submarines. Mao's reply: "No! We don't want you here. We've had foreigners on our territory for years...
...stand up. Now he has. Instead of making his speech as he usually does, without text or even notes, he says: "I wrote this speech myself, nine drafts of it. This wasn't a product of the public relations department. It was pure Haack. I knew it would offend some members, but I felt strongly." Haack admits that "it could lead to my being fired," but the opposite may be just as true. By speaking out publicly, Haack made his opponents within the exchange appear to be standing in the way of progress. He has also propelled himself into...
...unconvincing psychology. Sarah is an American ideal: unquestionably believing in her lover's dreams, she gives her life completely over to him. Danny is, as Sarah's father derisively claims, a middle-class Jesus. And the father himself is totally reprehensible; his self-centredness and irresponsibility would offend anyone of any class or generation. As types. these characters are all terribly stilted and mechanically directed; while we would normally accept actions which challenge initial conceptions of character, when Korty's characters diverge from type, they noticeably cut against a general narrative argument...
...unfortunate that this concert had to be performed in St. Paul's Church. The building itself is remarkably ugly, a huge, overblown quattricento monstrosity which does everything possible to offend the eye, but this would be excusable if it had good acoustics. However, the towering stone nave serves as a vast echo chamber to bounce and distort every sound the singers and instruments make. This concert was the first step in an attempt to break away from Sanders and experiment with other halls. With any luck, the other halls will be better than this...
...Jewish mother (Lillian Adams) who chides her son the doctor about the expensive "opticals" on his "fancy-schmancy" Plymouth is bound to offend every Jewish mother from Barbra Streisand to Golda Meir. Winston's "What do you want, good grammar or good taste?" campaign verges on sadism. But then, unless R.J. Reynolds can prove between now and Jan. 1 that cigarette smoking may not be hazardous to your health, all cigarette ads will be off the air. Except for the vignettes showing Benson & Hedges' longer cigarettes forever getting caught in beards, clashing cymbals and elevator doors, none...