Word: cosmeticized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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To camp it up and play it as parody must have been temptations difficult to resist. It would have been equally disastrous to play the lines straight with out inflective italics, thus pretending that they are not unutterably silly, which they are. Director Bill Gile has settled on the very...
As a result, Kissinger's strategy in the short and medium term is extremely similar to Vorster's. The aims of the current diplomatic initiative are to prevent violent conflicts which could bring into being radical regimes militarily hostile to South Africa on its borders and to legitimatize South Africa...
The bargaining for cosmetic advantages went on. The Carter people struck back, insisting that the debaters not stand behind presidential-size lecterns. That way, they thought, Ford's chunky torso would be more clearly visible. More important, a big presidential lectern would mask one of slim Jimmy's...
Canada's aloof Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 56, was once considered a dashing new face on the political scene. But after eight years in power, Canadians see him as all too familiar and feel the same way about his government. With the popularity of his Liberal regime fairly crashing...
Willing Workers. The strongest draw is the region's willing workers, who, in general, still respect authority, and, out of fear or conviction, are loath to join unions (see story on page 75). Says Yardley President William Hunt, who moved the cosmetic firm's headquarters from New Jersey...