Word: brashness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hughes, who also was the writer of the series, is as good a guide through that rough country as Kenneth Clark was through earlier centuries in Civilisation, after which The Shock of the New is patterned. But whereas Clark reflected an older, more urbane sensibility, Hughes, 42, is as brash and electric as his subject. He is sometimes seen in shirtsleeves; his blond hair is always unruly. Instead of Clark's patrician, High Church accent, Hughes speaks in a matey, sometimes too hearty Australian that lapses easily-and quite appropriately-into slang. Talking about Chicago's pioneering building...
...judge was outvoted by his two nonwhite assessors -lower court magistrates who fulfill the jury's role of deciding on questions of fact under the judicial system inherited from Rhodesia. The split decision led to acquittal. Tekere, whose prestige among militant nationalists will now surely be enhanced, emerged brash and unrepentant from the trial. He pronounced himself "thoroughly disgusted" by what he considered Pittman's racial bias and called for an "overhauling" of the judiciary. Shrugging off Adams' death as "just an unfortunate incident," he declared, "My fellow comrades and I are still at a loss...
This stinging, slap-happy cartoon of contemporary race relations is one of the standout tunes on one of the year's standout albums, Minimum Wage Rock & Roll, by a brash new Los Angeles band called, with appropriate bemusement, the Bus Boys. Since the group consists of five blacks and one chicano drummer, its excursions through the realms of brotherhood come as naturally as a walk around the block, and are sometimes just as risky. KKK announces a fearless ambition guaranteed to turn both sides of the color line to a common, angry red: "I am bigger than a nigger...
BOTH BRIAN MCCUE and Grace Shohet have displayed considerable talent over the last few years in Harvard theater but have emerged with somewhat limited personae--McCue as a clever, charming but extremely mannered performer who shines in musicals and farces, Shohet as a technically competent but brash actress whose specialty is destructive bitchiness. I looked forward to seeing them as Vanya and Sonya because both parts would demand a considerable stretch, a certain nakedness that neither has hitherto displayed. But instead of stretching to their parts, both have stretched the parts to accommodate themselves. Shohet has made Sonya, the most...
Cianci, who is a brash and fiery campaigner, has accused Garrahy's administration of being implicated in a public housing fraud and of forcing the University of Rhode Island to hire the Governor's former brother-in-law as personnel adviser at a salary of $30,000. Garrahy has responded by charging the mayor with misleading campaign advertising...