Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...consultant on Asian Communism at the University of Southern California and as a former newspaperman, I compliment TIME for its excellent cover story on Thailand's attempt at peaceful social revolution [May 27]. In Southeast Asia last summer with a State Department mission, I came to see that there is no substitute for concern-before the guerrillas come. As you show, both the U.S. and Thailand have learned this well...
Beardsley was decadent and dainty, the epitome of the late-Victorian dandyism that prized artificiality over nature. It is a pity that he never used mauve ink. Oscar Wilde once paid him the compliment of calling him "a monstrous orchid," and Beardsley, relishing his role, jotted on the back of one sketch proof...
...among the first to publish the writings of the New Left. But he soon grew disenchanted; today he believes that the New Left of the '60s is as misled about Communist totalitarianism as was the Old Left of the '30s. In turn, New Leftists pay him the compliment of calling him a "fink...
This gap between "activity and self" finds expression in college slang such as "come on like," "make like" and "turn on." The compliment "cool" indicates this "same tenuous connection between deed and inclination." Though most of his life is centered on acquiring expertness, he seeks meaning in his personal relationships, and is in, this sense primarily what Keniston calls a "privatist," seeking human bonds to find identity and self-definition. The old question, to bed or not to bed, has been superseded by an "effort to define the precise circumstances under which sexual relations are meaningful and honorable." The professional...
...States's role in Vietnam as a "colossal exploitation under the banner of pseudo-independence." Vu replied that the United States does not try to control Vietnamese politics. "Whatever government we have there, he United States jumps on the bandwagon," he said, adding, "This to me is a great compliment, not exploitation...