Word: backhandedness
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Being a great believer in the power of the press and the perspicacity of Harvard students, I was surprised that even after the CRIMSON gave a somewhat backhanded rave to The Consul attendance at the show has been bordering between the miserable and the discouraging.
"Providence has under its special care children, idiots, and the United States of America." This famed remark, attributed to Lord Bryce (The American Commonwealth), was a Briton's backhanded way of saying that the U.S. was a success. With few such perceptive quips but a relentless, mind-clogging avalanche...
In Los Angeles, Peruvian Songbird Yma Sumac, 35, exercising all the resources of her four-octave voice, starred in a choice bit of opera bouffe in three acts. Featured opposite her: her estranged husband, Moises Vivanco, 38, with a supporting cast of two Inca folk dancers, one confused harp player...
On the Wall. Last week Moscow's Pravda startled its readers by reprinting Dennis' article. It added a footnote explaining that Dennis was commenting on "material which the U.S. State Department has published in the press, calling it Comrade Khrushchev's report to the 20th Congress." Spread...
Cleary scored the second of his three goals at 18:30 of the second by backhanding a shot over Marr, who had gone to the ice to make a save. He tallied again at 3:24 of the final period to begin the deluge, and Joe Crehore backhanded the fifth...