Word: asp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...characterized as other ethnic groups. The term itself can be merely descriptive or mildly offensive, depending on the user and the hearer; at any rate, it has become part of the American idiom. In one sense, it is redundant: since all Anglo-Saxons are white, the word could be Asp. Purists like to confine Wasps to descendants of the British Isles; less exacting analysts are willing to throw in Scandinavians, Netherlanders and Germans. At the narrowest, Wasps form a select band of well-heeled, well-descended members of the Eastern Establishment; at the widest, they include Okies and Snopeses, "Holy...
...overture was followed by the maligned Cléopâtre composition, sung by Mezzo Beverly Wolff, and several excerpts from the dramatic symphony Romeo and Juliet. The first is charged with imaginative pictorial touches-for example, the snakish slide of the violas and cellos as Cleopatra clasps the asp to her bosom. In Romeo and Juliet, Berlioz shows that he can be as tender with Shakespeare's young lovers as he is terrifying with Cleopatra. Berlioz did not, however, always have to rely on emotional pressure. The overture to the comic opera Beatrice and Benedict, which Davis played...
...industry is currently adopting the argument that repeal of ASP would damage the industry and cause large-scale job cuts among semi-skilled workers. According to the industry these people are often Negroes and Puerto Ricans, who would have great difficulty finding other jobs with similar pay. The industry often points out that Newark and New Jersey would be particularly threatened...
...duty in the Kennedy Round agreement provide a comfortable level of tariff protection, according to most impartial economists. And the level of protection is well above the other major chemical-producing countries. Still Congressional trade expansionists will never convince their fellow chemical protectionists, and the passage of an ASP repeal motion is questionable...
What it boils down to is one major hassle over the ASP, and a defeat here would set back the whole trend toward more international trade. As Senator Jacob Javits put it, "Unless forces favoring trade liberalization are ready to go into battle in defense of the principle of trade liberalization on every one of these issues, much that has been gained over the past four years of the Kennedy Round could easily be lost. And let's not kid ourselves, unless we have the full support of the President the chances of resisting self-interest and protectionist forces will...