Word: childishly
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Direct Assault. "Put away all the childish divisive things," the President commanded an audience of 6,500. "I do not think that those men who are out there fighting for us tonight think we should enjoy the luxury of fighting each other back home." In a direct assault on those of his congressional critics who are up for reelection, he urged voters to "read carefully the statements of every public official and of every candidate for every office. Ask yourselves, 'Is he helping the cause of his country, or is he advancing the cause of himself? Is he trying...
...bureaucratic stodginess and lack of imagination. Harlech is no sycophant. But he seems to realize that his charm and intelligence allow him to cajole and convert effectively from the inside. Moreover, Harlech has a strong sense of Britain's dependence on America and thinks resentment of this relationship childish. The dependence is a fact, and as a realistic man he has learned to live with...
John Lithgow and James Paul's Histoire du Soldat is witty, charming, visually engaging--everything that Trouble is not. Stravinsky's score is a minor classic and the seven-piece ensemble plays with precision and grace. The English text by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black occasionally becomes more childish than childlike in its rhyming, but it captures the spirit of the original Russian folk tale more closely than the French text of C.F. Ramuz...
...letters [Jan. 14] on your story confirm my opinion that most Americans are prudish and childish. Dr. Masters may come upon some fact that will reduce the number of divorces caused by infidelity and frigidity...
...milk-and-cookies time each morning, the kindergarten pupils of New York City's P.S. 184 recited a childish grace: "God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food. Amen." Each afternoon they prayed...