Word: boorish
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...boorish, pompous, patronizing and ill-considered remarks of Freshman Robinson should be excused, if not condoned, on the grounds of his patent youth and immaturity...
...behind the North Korean army. Titularly Soviet ambassador to the Korean "People's Republic," he is actually Stalin's proconsul, ruling North Korea (through Kim II Sung) from his roomy, three-story mansion, built on the site of the old Presbyterian Mission compound in Pyongyang. Burly, deadpanned, boorish, he was Soviet delegate on the Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. [Korean] Commission in 1946. His U.S. opposite number was Major General A. V. Arnold. At one session Shtykov observed testily: "Lenin once said that any man who trusted another was a fool." Arnold looked thoughtfully across the green felt tabletop, replied...
...been the G.I.'s; the most evident contribution of their culture to Europe seemed to be coca-cola, jeeps, and the Hollywood movie. They were met with the expectation that they turn out to be a combination of Babbitt and the Lone Ranger, bulging with money and utterly boorish. They discovered that the humble dollars in their wallets represented the solidest value in the world, the item which seemed to be the chief reason for Europe's respect for the U. S. They found themselves the target for postcard salesmen, black marketeers, hotel keepers, and souvenir hawkers...
...noisy and unbelievable performance had run longer than most Broadway plays. But last week, after eight months of boorish judge-baiting, earsplitting objections, and windy Marxist double talk, the eleven top Communist leaders charged with conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the Government finally ended their defense testimony. Weary court attachés guessed that the case would go to the jury within the next three weeks...
...boorish and heartless exhibitions of snobbery, Captain Donald F. Smith's conduct in connection with "Miss Quonset Point" [TIME, May 2] ranks among the more nauseous of modern times. Courtesy to a "sweep-woman" could not possibly have besmirched his dignity as his act has besmirched the Navy...