Word: blandings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...despite allegations to the contrary, is not immortal. Nikita Khrushchev, the closest thing to an eccentric the Red world has yet produced, is but dimly remembered in the day of those dreary committee types, Kosygin and Brezhnev. In America, where Richard Nixon seemingly glories in his "low profile," the bland are leading the bland. As New York's Senator Jacob Javits acidly puts it, "We may have reached a balance of mediocrity...
...full of hope to his doom in Bosworth Field." In the end, that fate may befall Edward Richard George Heath, 53, who in five years as the Tories' leader has not yet impressed his own party, much less the British electorate. He is another example of the bland, almost face less leadership that seems to prevail in many other parts of the world as well (see the ESSAY...
...REPUBLICANS hesitate to debate in 1970, or tie their campaigns to ambiguous White House policies, the Democrats will score big gains. In such a situation, it may be no great advantage to run as a moderate or make bland appeals to the center. Voters' impatience with the war could make them more tolerant of "honest" outspokenness on other issues. Ironically, Harrington's victory in a conservative district depended on his ability to polarize the situation...
...humanity of our views in this community translated into policies and practices? The humanity I refer to here is yet an unexamined idea in this little essay. The word humane is to be found in a great deal of liberal talk. It seems in a bland definition that one is kind and considerate, and, of course, that is not enough. And this definition certainly does not reflect the new sensibility to which I referred. The way one must "come on" nowadays to be "with it" is a style that is more crazy than the liberal way would have...
...report certainly will not end the debate about the effects of TV violence. FCC Chairman Kenneth Cox cautions against a "bland approach" that would cut violence out of television altogether, saying there are many Washington officials who feel that if war, for example, "is such a terrible thing, maybe people should see more of it. Maybe they would know then what it really means." FCC Commissioner Robert E. Lee doubts that a cause-and-effect relationship can be scientifically established. "I kind of doubt the experts will find a connection," he says, though "once in a while you may find...