Word: blunting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reporters thought the blunt refusal was an indication that the Supreme Court felt the "separate but equal" doctrine so dead that no further argument about it was necessary. Actually, Howe and Freund said, the precedent case the Court cited forbids appeals until the lower court has completely disposed of a case...
Only two hours before he was attacked last week, Riesel gave an example of his blunt, sometimes overdramatic technique on a broadcast over radio station WMCA. He attacked William De Koning Jr., head of the Operating Engineers' Local 138 on Long Island, and De Koning's father, an ex-convict labor boss. Also on the program was Emanuel Muravchik, field director of the Jewish Labor Committee, who talked of discrimination against Negro labor in the South...
...elections. Moreover, he had indicated that he would permit the party to convene unmolested. On one week's notice delegates from the four corners of the country gathered. "This shows," said Leader Priale, "that under persecution our party has preserved its basic structure." Then he spelled out in blunt terms what APRA wants from the government in return for throwing its voting power behind an acceptable candidate. It expects full restoration of its status as a political party...
...American children look to outsiders? Last week, after an eight-week tour of the U.S., Sir Basil Henriques, one of Britain's top authorities on juvenile delinquency and longtime chairman of the East London Juvenile Court, gave some friendly but blunt answers. Among his observations on U.S. juvenile delinquency...
...particular problem understood. I would rather be sure that I had placed two colors in true relationship to each other than to have exposed a wealth of emotionalism gone wrong in the name of richness of personal expression." Hartley's chief fame now rests on the cool, blunt, composed, deliberate Maine landscapes that occupied his last years...