Word: apologists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...members of the President's inner circle, however, are a bit embarrassed by the genially egotistic rabbi. He also seems to be a bit of an embarrassment to other Jews. Last week Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, denounced him as "an apologist for rampant immorality [who] aspires to out-Watergate Watergate in the name of fair play...
...boys, or men, arrive, and it gradually becomes clear that class escalation has taken a toll. Stripping away the complex humanity of Storey's characterizations, one sees that the eldest son has become an acerbic, vengeful fire brand; the middle son, a priggish, glossy Establishment apologist; and the young est a haunted, weepy, torn-apart teacher. What is immediately apparent is that the emotional ground between parents and sons has been land-mined. Affections that are not actually felt are masked in billboards ("To the finest mother and the finest dad") while genuine feelings of tenderness are muted...
...time outside the U.S.S.R. Wandering in the Far East to collect material for two new cycles of poems, he visited Singapore, where he gave a reading of "Cemetery of Whales" for a hastily assembled group of 20 university students. Apparently referring to recent criticism of him as a subsidized apologist for the Soviet regime, he declared: "I am a writer, never was and never will be an official representative of my country." The week before, the tall, skinny poet had paid a visit to the Philippines, where he was mistaken for an American tourist by two U.S. sailors who wanted...
Looking back over his first 3½ months on the job, Safire thinks that he has made the best of a bad situation: "If I defend the President, I'm an apologist. If I attack him, I'm a traitor. If I ignore the whole thing, I'm a cop-out." Deservedly known as a wit and wordsmith during his years as an Administration speechwriter, Safire has kept his sense of humor throughout the ordeal, although his neologisms ("presibuster" for the Ervin hearings, "probephiliacs" for those investigating Watergate) are shorter on style than many of his admirers...
Anyone who takes the position that no coaching approach can build a winner in the "Cambridge atmosphere" is either a fool or an apologist for Harrison. Despite some key losses, coach Bill Cleary put together an extraordinary hockey team in the Harvard atmosphere as have crew coaches Harry Parker and Steve Gladstone. If the new coach can build some semblance of a winner, fans will flock to the IAB and the program will flourish...