Word: boorishness
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...manipulating information. I suppose I would have felt this less if some distinctly anti-male sentiments didn't frequently creep into the book, affording an almost universally negative impression of men. In many ways, Hite seems overly anxious for the reader to accept that men are continually boorish, selfish, uninspired and non-emotional...
...been properly compensated for centuries of discrimination? Or is the whole episode but a timely reminder that male chauvinism--so petty, so desperately entrenched--is still very much alive and kicking amongst the Harvard male elite? Is not an apology forthcoming from those three intrepid churls who had the boorish temerity to intrude where Minerva and her daughters oppressed sought sanctuary from the Circean male...
George Sikowski, the slow-thinking, dull-minded mayor of the town, is up for re-election. His position is shaky at best, and he desperately needs the financial support of his former teammate Phil Romano, a boorish but successful businessman. The problem is that Phil wants to support George's opponent Sharmen, ne Sharmawitz. To complicate matters even more, Phil has been sleeping with George's wife. Naturally, hostilities flare up when James takes it upon himself to enlighten George...
Something about Actress Trish Van Devere is bringing out the animal in her husband George C. Scott. Occasionally boorish off-camera, Scott looks truly boarish after a daily three-hour makeup job for his co-starring role in the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. The production, being filmed in England, will run as a 90-minute NBC special in the U.S. and as a feature movie in other countries. The pair hopes it will fare better than their 1974 joint effort, The Savage Is Loose, which the critics castigated. Purrs Trish: "We are trying to do Beauty...
...their roles, unable to do much with such a bad script. Mark O'Donnell as Fritz, the student who makes the mistake of leaving his betrothed alone too long, is even more inept and ineffectual than the part calls for. Derek Pajaczkowski is no better as the loud and boorish Buttress, straining too hard to produce minimal comic effects...