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Word: condescending (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Maybe now that someone has finally found out that suburbia does not consist of only the wealthy few but also of low-and middle-income people, TV and movies will condescend to create us as we really are-not radical hardhats or ultraliberals, but nice conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 5, 1971 | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

...gastroenterologists on the floor interrupted the performance every other minute. Arthur Fiedler's daughter made a valiant effort to narrate Peter and the Wolf as it was danced by the Boston Ballet Company, but somehow the piece was too contrived, too Leonard Bernstein-ish, too much an attempt to condescend to the masses. Or perhaps this reviewer is just too bilious...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: The Concertgoer Pops Culture | 6/9/1970 | See Source »

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