Word: causticity
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Carter, now a caustic critic of Alabama Governor George Wallace, once promised to nominate Wallace at the 1972 Democratic National Convention...
...boys keep up a sputtering fire of obscene expletives, raw sexual gibes and smutty innuendo. The girls and the model give as good-or as ill-as they get. Allott does not monitor this chatter, but he does deliver scathingly caustic appraisals of each individual's sketches as well as alienating colleagues (Peter de Maio). After Act II gets under way, Allott suggests that he might take the place of the model for a while. Before he does anything about it, one of the randier boys begins stripping, grabs the model, pins her down and rapes her before...
Also, when he was still Vice President, he expressed his personal misgivings about working with Defense Secretary James Schlesinger. He told the New Republic's John Osborne in April 1974 that if he became President, he might not keep the caustic Schlesinger in his Cabinet because he did not think the Secretary could deal with Congress. Ford, as well, felt uncomfortable with Schlesinger. But, apparently for the sake of continuity, he made no change...
...SCRIPT IS full of comic routines and caustic one-liners. Humor is the basis of the characters' lives, providing them with accurate insight and comfortable escape. Norman, the straight mathematician, and Shelley, his spacey girlfriend, are clearly self-parodies. Mike and Cootie, a Rosenkrantz-and-Guildenstern type duo, are careful, conscious performers. But other characters are confused about the interpretation of their lines. When Kathy has problems with her boyfriend, she complains...
...original publisher, Basic Books, and announced plans to revise the book, co-authoring it with her current lover, Richard Goodwin. Goodwin is a freelance presidential adviser with many enemies in government and academic circles. Kearn's announcement prompted a suit from Basic Books alleging breach of contract, a caustic editorial in The Wall Street Journal, and the revelation that the manuscript she submitted to the Gov department had already been edited, for about $8000, by fiction writer Michael Rothschild...