Word: callously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...squeak in the election, thought he saw in medicare a red-hot political issue with which to bludgeon his opponents and win votes for Democratic candidates in November. Though the American Medical Association far overstated the case by calling the medicare bill socialized medicine. Kennedy equated its opposition with callous disregard of elders' health. He bluntly said that he would get his way no matter what Congress did, and by insisting that medicare would be a partisan issue in the fall cam paign, solidified Republican opposition to it. To many - including some in his own party - he seemed...
...intends to hit hard at Kennedy's lack of experience and the dynasty theme ("I'm not part of any dynasty. I don't have a brother in the White House"). Said he in his convention speech: "I am here because I am angered by the callous manner in which a single family has grasped for personal power; because I am amazed that their arrogance is so complete that-with open contempt for their own party in their own state-they forced the convention endorsement of the most remarkably unqualified candidate for the United States Senate ever...
...artificial fragrance of grapes), and ten strolling violinists. "I wanted them to play Stradivaris," said Sahara's Host Manny Skar, who was once convicted of burglary, "but my insurance wouldn't cover it." Manny is aggrieved that local newspapers have been digging up his past. "It is callous and unkind to repeatedly allude to my mistakes of long ago. Some of the people whom I know may not be entirely antiseptic. But most are banking, labor, civic, industrial, philanthropic leaders and members of the press." The grand opening last week was graced by Bobby Darin and George Kirby...
Although concern for national appearances may sound somewhat callous in light of the more obvious moral shortcomings of the segregationists' plan, it is still hard to ignore the effect that publicity of this development will have abroad. Eventually, however, the Southern Whites will suffer most from this new extremist brainstorm. They are postponing any kind of real solution to problems that will become more and more severe and which they will finally have to face squarely...
...against it; Mr. Ooze himself. He, it turns out, is a four-year-old child who has had the misfortune to be born without any bones (he is played manfully by a sackful of brown Jello). His parents' names are Joseph and Mary Carpenter. Mr. Brown's tasteless and callous sacrilege would be dreadful if it had any meaning...