Word: aptly
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...something of an art form, with questions submitted in advance and answers carefully wrought and as carefully rehearsed. Georges Pompidou is no match for his predecessor when it comes to turning a phrase, but he has proved quite a whiz at rummaging through his mind and producing an apt quotation or literary reference. The result may not be original literature, but it is nonetheless a rich anthology. At his most recent press conference Pompidou, a former teacher, editor of a collection of French poetry and longtime literary raconteur, casually served up a classical mélange. Samples...
...premier practitioners of the old politics of racism. The concussion shattered windows in a state office building across the street and soon after, an employee ironically waved a white flag of surrender from one of the windows. If the new oratory means what it says, the symbolism was apt...
...institutional rules. When the cops-and-robbers bustlings of the people around Philip Berrigan contributed to his early capture last year in a Manhattan church rectory, one weary bystander dismissed them as "lollipop revolutionaries." Yet the selfless, spartan, unattached life of priests and nuns could, in theory, make them apt revolutionaries in earnest. For that reason, although both Philip and Daniel Berrigan have been longtime proponents of optional celibacy, they nevertheless promote celibacy for anyone who wants to serve the "resistance" best...
...Your cover story [Dec. 21] presented an excellent picture of Camelot in blue and gold, as well as a clear-cut portrait of our reigning King Arthur, the legendary Admiral Zumwalt. The Arthurian analogy is apt because the C.N.O., too, has his foot-dragging barons and feudal lords opposing his every reform. Only now they've taken the guise of middle-level brass who, having attained a predetermined goal, don't wish to make waves...
...like Abraham and Kaminetsky are apt to explain their intent in terms of psychology and image. Rabbi Emanuel Rackman of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue says: "Jewish children have been taught to flee. I think it is healthier for kids to defend themselves." At the other extreme, Rabbi Mendel Greenberg of the Hasidic Satmar group sits in his Williamsburg home and displays a .38-cal. pistol and M-l rifle...