Word: contrivedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THEIR INNOCENCE was hardly contrived. They knew nothing about folk music, about coffeehouses, about the honest blues. But like all musical scenes, the folk scene had a magnetism, (emanating) perhaps from the "flat pink and charcoal stretch known as the Eisenhower years."
Across the U.S., as citizens struggle with the irritation of gas lines and dollar-a-gallon prices, a large number persist in believing that the whole mess has been deliberately contrived by the oil companies, aided and abetted by Government collusion or ineptitude. Washington in fact cannot evade the charge...
As in much of the rest of the U.S., many Southerners felt the shortage was contrived. Declared a Shell dealer in Sandy Springs, Ga.: "My customers think it's all a ripoff, that the major oil companies are holding back. So do I." Reported Texaco Dealer H.W. Wayne of...
What redeems these stereotypes is the controlled, idiosyncratic performances of a superb supporting cast. Director Siegel (Dirty Harry) never lets an actor go overboard. The same lean quality is visible in his film making. With the help of Bruce Surtees' elegant, metallic-hued cinematography, Siegel makes every point as...
Nor was there anything to substantiate the suspicions of dealers and their customers that the gas shortage had been contrived by the oil companies. Nonetheless, a probe was being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission because statistics showed that gasoline production may have fallen more sharply than warranted. Said Alfred...