Word: clutter
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...that's from fear at a distance. At the core, beyond the clutter of catch phrases and impudent imprudence, lie a bunch of people who want desperately to scrape away the sludge that covers everybody's sensitive humanity. It's no longer possible to be an English major out for a literary piece. If one does not look beyond the veneer of a "movement," one will not expand emotional contacts. And it is far easier to dump on things and people than to allow them an emotional hearing. Honest friendship allows an abandonment of the pretentious pose of self-reliance...
...clean. "The whole place has an incredible sense of non-waste. I didn't see a garbage can anywhere. It's as if they're making use of absolutely everything. Not only is there no littering of the street; there's none of the usual clutter that builds up in a city. It's all being disposed of, put into its place and put to work...
Adults who complain about the noisome clutter of commercials on television might think themselves lucky after watching programs beamed at children. American youngsters are beguiled, bullied and often bamboozled by a fury of hard-sell promotions featuring vigorous pitchmen like Captain Crunch, Tony the Tiger and Fred Flintstone. On Saturday mornings about half of the nation's children aged two to eleven watch television cartoon shows. The National Association of Broadcasters' code allows these nonprime-time programs to be freighted with up to 16 minutes of plugs an hour; on prime-time features for adults, the limit...
...Much Clutter. There is no chance either that the speedway promoters will be able to hype much interest in another dream race-unless they bill it as the Ralph Nader Grand Breakdown. The U.S. cars were not merely routed; they were run into the ground. The field-13 Formula As, 17 Formula Ones-was reduced when Swede Savage's Eagle-Plymouth spun around and crashed into a retaining wall. Savage, pulled unconscious from the car, was later reported in fair condition...
...Indianapolis 500, had to drop out when his Lola-Chevrolet developed oil pressure problems. A.J. Foyt drove a McLaren-Chevrolet until the motor quit. Follmer's Lotus-Ford suffered a broken rocker arm. British Driver Derek Bell, for one, regarded the U.S. cars as so much clutter. "It's frustrating," he groused, "for a Formula One driver to wait...