Word: blunts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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BEYOND THE MELTING POT, by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan. The authors' conclusion is that the pot does not melt. Their blunt approach to the thickets of sociology makes excellent reading...
BEYOND THE MELTING POT, by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan. The authors' conclusion is that the pot does not melt. Their blunt approach to the thickets of sociology makes excellent reading...
BEYOND THE MELTING POT, by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Moynihan. The authors' conclusion is that the pot does not melt. Whether or not one agrees, their blunt approach to the thickets of sociology and freewheeling statements about national characteristics make excellent reading...
Denobilization. The grey-haired, blue-eyed earl has none of the hauteur of many English noblemen, and he has a pugnacious streak that his fragile air belies. In the Cabinet and the country at large, Home's blunt, hardheaded performance as Foreign Secretary has won him a degree of respect accorded to only one of his postwar predecessors, Labor's late Ernie Bevin. Remembering Churchill's innocence of economics and social problems, many politicians believed that Home-Sweet-Home, as Winston called him, could easily fill the same gaps in his experience...
...more horse sense." On his first visit to India as Commonwealth Relations Secretary, Home questioned the value of neutrality in talks with government leaders. "Weakness invites aggression," he said. He is an informal, unself-conscious diplomat who sometimes shows up for conferences in old worn carpet slippers, but his blunt talk often infuriates people. A cherished tribute to his forensic skill is a cable he received after one outspoken verdict. "To hell with you," it said. "Offensive letter follows...