Word: calloused
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were killed and 38 wounded in a similar bombing outside Chelsea Barracks. It was the most stunning incident of terrorism since the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Queen's cousin, when I.R.A. terrorists blew up his fishing boat in August 1979. Said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: "These callous and cowardly crimes have been committed by evil, brutal men who know nothing of democracy. We shall not rest until they are brought to justice...
Skeptics scent a strong whiff of callous political cynicism and even hypocrisy in all this agitation, an effort by Congress and the White House to have it both ways. Only a month ago, Congress passed a budget resolution that would allow for a record-shattering deficit of $103.9 billion in fiscal 1983. Even that is less red ink than would have flowed from the budget proposals that Reagan presented in February. The balanced-budget amendment allows Congress and the President to reassure voters that they are, at bottom, all for fiscal responsibility. Says Democratic Congressman James Shannon of Massachusetts...
...that the actor dwelt in a hell of insecurity that was utterly incompatible with the cool, confident screen image. In Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford establishes that her poised mother Joan occasionally became a hysterical, sadistic monster at home. Bing Crosby, the easygoing crooner of love ballads, behaved like a callous heel toward his first wife Dixie, if Bing Crosby: The Hollow Man is to be believed...
...this is not a wholly vocational class. In fact, it is a reasonably socially aware class. Says Paul Ginsberg, dean of students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison: "They are not callous. They are showing their concern and involvement in often less conspicuous ways." At Wisconsin a tutoring program for disadvantaged students has been besieged by volunteers. Students at Emory University organized a service to send some 400 volunteers into the Atlanta community to help the elderly and handicapped. Among class members there appears to be a rich sense of camaraderie, despite the intense competition. Says Emory...
...budget in early 1981--ironically, while the governor's own aides were in Washington lobbying against some federal cuts: This January, King loudly praised the New Federalism. And at last week's governor's gathering. When his fellow Democrats unanimously declared that they are "appalled at the Administration's callous disregard of the elderly, farmers, college students, small business and unemployed workers, "King was conspicuously absent. Instead, he met personally with Reagan, declaring afterwards, "I see no reason why we should not have a tremendous vote" for the economic package...