Word: butz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which has the sound of a flat slap in the face. Yet a few days after Watt's remark, in a bizarre protest demonstration in his defense, a man on crutches supported the usage, citing other contexts where "cripple" is benign. True enough. Former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz forced himself out of the Ford Administration by telling a cruel and tasteless joke about "coloreds"; yet Dick Gregory could title his autobiography Nigger, and Flip Wilson won love and fortune by creating self-mocking black stereotypes. Context seems all, or much at any rate. One might imagine the comedy...
Curry sought a debate matching electrical engineering Prof. Arthur Butz, author of "The Hoax of the 20th Century," with some-one who disagrees with his theory that the Holocaust didn't happen...
Opponents of the debate argue that such an event would only lend credence to Butz' theory, which they say is ridiculous...
Beyond the emotional trauma of selling beloved land, farmers are finding buyers scarce and the returns slim. "Some land goes up for sale and doesn't even bring out a bidder, since nobody has much money," says the Illinois Farm Bureau's Dale Butz, brother of former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz. After a long, spectacular climb, the value of crop land is falling. Average Indiana farm land sold a year ago for $ 1,200 an acre. Last month it was fetching only $700. Predicts Robert Maurer, a banker in Fairbury...
...trying to create an atmosphere of "paranoia" about taxes. Each criminal case is evaluated not only for the flagrancy of the violation but also for how much publicity the prosecution will create. Last year the agency reaped extensive press clippings for its case against former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, who was convicted of not declaring as income nearly $150,000, mostly from fees earned on the lecture circuit...