Word: apologia
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...family system in pre-Communist China. A kind of Chinese equivalent of Gone With the Wind, the novel was the basis of many film and theater versions until it disappeared from circulation in 1965. In a postscript to the new edition, Pa Chin, 73, has obligingly provided a dutiful apologia for the novel's political mistakes, saying: "I noticed some of the evils of the old society, but I was unable to provide the remedies...
...SUPPOSE some will call it an apologia," Raymond K. Price says, referring to With Nixon, his just-published account of the Nixon White House. But, he adds, "I don't consider it an apologia because I don't feel apologetic." And indeed, this book by former President Richard M. Nixon's former chief speechwriter and current close confidante is not an apologia. It is, instead, the first serious attempt at a spirited defense of the 37th President, coupled with a fairly harsh attack upon the forces Price views as having contributed to Nixon's downfall...
...August urged President Carter to order the Justice Department to drop its case against Helms, never once mentioning the ITT angle or the details of how the multinational funnelled $350,000 to Allende's opponents in 1970 with the advice and assistance of the CIA. The Evans and Novak apologia drew rebuttals from columnists Anthony Lewis of the New York Times and Mary McGrory of the Washington Star, who again chose to concentrate on the pros and cons of a Helms indictment (their thumbs predictably turned downward on the former superspook...
...hours might take a few straights aback at first, but the initial revulsion fades fast as the guffaws start surging. Outrageous! plunges its audiences into the gay sub-culture, taking an unblinking gaze at the foibles and hangups of its members. But this is no Boys in the Band apologia for homosexuals. The film does not fish for either compliments or pity from its viewers; Turner and his fellow female impersonators may all limp their wrists and lisp their words, but they are all endearing people struggling to make it in a very trying business long on frustration and short...
...Nixon has so long evoked that they seem destined to do little to restore his lost respect. As TIME correspondents probed public reaction to the show, they found an overwhelming majority of viewers still as turned off by Nixon as ever. Many even wondered whether Nixon's limited apologia was heartfelt or merely Checkers-style hokum...