Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strongly polemical approach to the problem of your candidacy," he wrote to her in 1973. When she was his student, he went on to remind her, she "protested vehemently and dramatically" when he told her that only "long and patient training" could overcome her linguistic difficulties. He dismissed her claim that the department changed its offerings in order to hire the male candidate. "I never thought of organizing the department around a single case, but only to meet its continuing needs," he says. "The future of our studies is much more important than one person...
Balthazar figures that he can treat people for an average cost of about $1 per patient. He adds: "It costs the state more than that just to process a claim...
Moynihan's critics say that such subtle distinctions are not evident in his rhetorical flights, especially against the Third World. They claim that his tactics only force the more moderate Third World delegates into a face-saving solidarity with their more radical colleagues. In effect, they argue, Moynihan ignores the famous Kennedy dictum, "Don't get mad, get even"; instead of venting his anger, he should be pressing for practical results...
...sung by Baritone William Walker-was in ev ery way convincing. Looking slim and sexy, Sills throughout the evening exhibited an appealing range of emotions and musicality. From the glossy extravagances of the opening party scene to the despair of her pact with Germont, Sills once again asserted her claim as the finest singing actress in the world...
...answers to the economic and political questions his social conscience posed. His artistic sensibility searched out paradoxes, parallels, aesthetically pleasing statements (e.g., "we have come to the end of pity"). But a true social reformer cannot afford to let ethical problems become aesthetic attitudes. Though the PCI tried to claim Pasolini after his death, his true political orientation was conservative, even reactionary...