Word: ad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proclaims that his program "remains, fundamentally, a plan devised in the tradition of the Democratic Party." No. He has given us not a plan, but rhetoric in the best tradition of the Democratic Party. No one ever promised us unemployment, economic recession, peace with dishonor, a polluted environment, ad nauseam. I would not expect Jimmy Carter to do so. But it remains to be seen what he proposes to do about our problems, and what philosophy would shape his proposals...
...Cassandras today who perceive the painful parallels between Jimmy Carter and the much-maligned Mr. Nixon. Humorless and ambitious, highly sensitive to negative press coverage, Carter emerges an ironic product of the Watergate mentality. He and his counterparts appear bereft of all commitment. They are masters of ad hoc politics, practitioners of a winning "master plan...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Black Students' Association has formed an ad hoc committee to raise money for use by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in a Mississippi law suit brought against the civil rights organization...
...singing in Bubbling Brown Sugar is also consistently outstanding. Backed by an excellent Duke Ellington-type big band, Ursula Kairson turns in an electric version of "God Bless the Child," while Jay Flash Riley--with the help of some wildly funny ad-libbing--immortalizes an unexpected aspect of religious revivalist meetings. With the exception of the songs specifically composed for Bubbling Brown Sugar, the caliber of music is the highest, and includes many Fats Waller and Duke Ellington standards...
...create Kong's face and form for De Laurentiis. Baker was pressed into service subito when Dino's son Federico, 21, who has screen credit as executive producer, advertised in the Hollywood trade papers for "a tall, well-built black man" to play the monkey. The ad infuriated civil rights groups and created the film's major publicity gaffe. At that point, Baker slipped into one of his own creations and began playing Kong on sets scaled so that the 6-ft. Baker would look like a 40-ft. ape against them...