Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Methodists who ousted Kipling's Recessional from their hymnal [July 22] should have considered the comment of George Orwell (no friend of colonialism) on the line, "lesser breeds without the Law"; "This line is always good for a snigger in pansy-left circles. It is assumed as a matter of course that the 'lesser breeds' are 'natives,' and a mental picture is called up of some pukka sahib in a pith helmet kicking a coolie. In its context the sense of the line is almost the exact opposite of this. The phrase 'lesser breeds...
...cover picture, of the killer and his pet dog, came from a roll of film in a camera found in his effects. With it was a polite note that is in itself a comment on the complexity of the problem of the psychotic in society. It asked that the finder have the film developed, and ended: "Thank you, Charles J. Whitman...
...secret Yes in his semi-documentary technique, his legacy from the post-war Italian neo-realist film-makers, coupled with Rosi's own sensitivity to detail. During the bullring scenes particularly, Rosi's skillful use of faces in the crowd provides a visual comment on the action which raises the film far above the newsreel level. Or, is another instance, Rosi places Miguelin outside the Madrid ring selling souvenirs and records the scens when a policeman, unaware that he was on candid camera, chases the poor boy away...
There were hints from a member of SDS that Thomas Boylston Adams would try to talk other peace candidates into taking a position on HUAC's recent activities, but Adams' campaign headquarters had no comment on the issue...
...eyes when he talked about the rights of criminals! How do the victims feel? How does a father feel when his daughter is raped, a husband when his wife is killed?" Judge John Van Voorhis of the New York Court of Appeals ended his own speech with the wry comment, "All I can say to the law-enforcement officers who are here is-I wish you well...