Word: canceler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perfect choice for the movie version of Billy Budd (1962) are a crucial drawback when he has to reason maniacally: "There'd be a bloomin' lot more of this if enough people had the time and money." His fixed stare and halting accents never quite cancel out the suspicion that he is just the sort of menace a comely bird might yearn to be imprisoned by-a vaguely Heathcliffian introvert reviving a Brontë romance in modern dress. Thus Actress Eggar dominates the film, not by better acting but by seeming hand-in-glove with her role. Plucky...
Murphy's surprise victory, most observers say, was the result of an issue on which he refused to take a stand: the explosive referendum on Proposition 14. This amendment to the state constitution (which was approved easily) was designed to cancel all laws against discrimination in real estate transactions. Many Republican candidates enlisted in the lavishly-financed campaign in favor of 14, with its mixture of private enterprise rhetoric and barely disguised racism. Others, like Murphy, kept quiet and let the voters guess at their personal sentiments...
...deal independently with the nation's creditors in Europe, the U.S. and Japan, hardheaded foreign bankers are not likely to stretch out repayment terms-as they did for Brazil and Chile -without IMF backing for the Argentine government. Meanwhile Illia announced new export taxes that will virtually cancel out any profits that exporters stood to gain through exchange devaluation...
...were shocked and dismayed to learn of Professor Forbes' decision to allow the Glee Club Octet to sing on Alabama television without Mr. Epps last April 8. Quite clearly the only course of action in the situation described in the CRIMSON of April 20 was to cancel the television, appearance. Neither compromises nor apologies can replace the principled stand the situation required. Professor Forbes is far more responsible for the welfare and integrity of the Negro members of the Glee Club than he is for the speculative gains in Birmingham. We can only hope that such open affronts...
...that, the syndicates exercise a censorship that is breathtaking. When Dale Messick included a Negro girl among a group of teenagers in Brenda Starr, the syndicate rubbed her out for fear of offending Southern readers. When Milt Caniff used the Air Force slang word abort (to cancel) in Steve Canyon, the syndicate figured it came too close to abortion and changed it. In their own defense, the syndicates claim that newspaper editors are extremely touchy about reader reaction and demand immaculate strips. But as one indignant cartoonist puts it: "A syndicate editor reminds me of my mother's maidenhair...