Word: artlessness
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...loyal employee for that, but one McNamara order that particularly piqued Subcommittee Chairman John Moss was the still-standing rule that Pentagon officials must report all talks with newsmen. "This may well constitute a clog on full freedom of information," said Moss. Not at all, retorted Sylvester. Then Artless Art nearly put his foot in his mouth once more. "In an operation as large as the Defense Department," said he, "you have to know what is going on if you are going to manage"-oops!-"if you are going to have any understanding of news coming out of it." Anyway...
...time when the French threatened the British navy on one hand and the spirit of mutiny sapped it on the other. His shipmates are a sorry, ragtag lot, full of hate and fear for the sadistic master-at-arms, Mister Claggart. They find in Billy Budd's artless warmth a hope that somehow he can save them from Claggart's bullying; even the Avenger's aloof Captain Vere takes a liking to the pure-minded...
...artless, flailing swinger, he learned his trade in tough Utah mining towns; as a professional, he won his 55 fights (v. 4 losses) over a twelve-year career simply by wading in, accepting three punches for the chance to land one roundhouse of his own. "I don't have any particular ability," he admitted. "I rely on condition." But the punishment he took showed in his ravaged face-the cauliflowered ears, the network of tiny scars across his forehead and cheeks, the huge mounds of scar tissue that bulged above his eyes...
...condones over-baked Message Films, and no one wants to have his opinions manipulated. But is this negative, chaotic response the real alternative to artless naivete or subliminal sophistication? The critics have answered with a happy...
...qualities and interplay of voices. Whispers hissed above brisk utterances, and the sound swelled to an offensive cacophony which subsided with "love's a pool of blood/and death a soaring sparrow." The jerky rhythms were tedious and the sounds at times quite unpleasant. Use of total control in so artless a fashion shows just why the school of spontaneity has rebelled from fixed musical organization...