Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would be hard to overestimate Lenny Bruce's impact on contemporary comedy and social criticism. Although he performed over twenty years ago, his ideas and even snatches of his routines still appear in plays, movies, articles, and even Harvard Band half-time shows. Lenny's style is blunt, even callous, creating outlandish imaginary situations: the Lone Ranger becomes a lonely homosexual who can't accept gratitude; Adolf Hitler is reduced to a house painter, cast as the Fuhrer by ambitious producers. His delivery is equally abrupt--he bends words, runs phrases together and throws away punch lines like a jazz...
...students themselves. Of course, the important part nurtured class culture plays in determining "college chances" is never acknowledged by society, for the myth of unlimited opportunity for all plays an important role in maintaining the political, social, and economic status quo. "All this emphasis on voluntarism helps blunt political attacks on the gatekeepers...," for, if the "eased out" students realized the system was rigged against them, they would not accept so easily the unequal distribution of social rewards and privileges based upon "credentials...
...Harvard defense, aided by its halfbacks and wings, continued to blunt Brown attempts. Time after time Harvard back Ralph Booth blocked shots just as the Bruin forwards launched them...
...case, the conservative Caramanlis and his party, New Democracy, are quite popular. He is admired for his masculine, handsome appearance and firm, blunt manner. A former prime minister, he wields the advantage of an international reputation and has demonstrated considerable administrative ability...
...attempt to portray the farm laborer as a "non-migrant" blunt the reality of both HEW's and the Department of Labor's findings that...