Word: crass
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...Windsors are presiding over one of history's biggest smashes, and against all odds, one of its most enduring. Anyone who thinks for a moment that such show-business comparisons might be crass would do well to consider that, while Britain may not be the most flamboyant nation on earth, it is surely the most theatrical. The pageantry, and indeed the calibrated delirium, of the wedding celebration are the distillation not only of national spirit but of a shared dramatic soul...
...various states of smearing and dissection, had long been visible in the work of his friend Willem de Kooning. But the paintings Guston began to make in the late '60s, and first showed in 1970, looked so unlike his established work that they seemed a willful and even crass about-face. Instead of the Gustons the art world knew-abstract paintings with vaporous, knitted surfaces of pearl gray and subtle pinks, like fragments of Monet lily ponds with hints of Turner's clouds and sea fogs-they were, of all unlikely things, political images: fat Ku Kluxers riding...
...Jesse Helms says that Ronald Reagan has "got to remember who took him to the dance" [May 4]. Such a crass demand shouldn't surprise anyone. That's what happens when you go out with that kind...
...these are crass arguments, arguments that accept the institution on its own terms, arguments ment to appeal to technocratic maximizers. Bok should take a stand on moral grounds, have the boldness to risk alienating the members of this community who oppose concessions to "racial separatism." He should come out for an even stronger financial commitment to Third World organizations, to minorty admissions, to the hiring of minority faculty. There is a point where delegation ends and leadership, both here and nationwide, begins. And although Bok's predecessor Pusey was widely assailed for taking matters into his own hands too often...
...Charles is out for the day,' Emma said, her voice full of playful implication. After the wine, they went for a stroll in the lovely French countryside. 'I've always dreamed that some mysterious stranger would appear and rescue me from the monotony of this crass rural existence,' Emma said, clasping his hand. They passed a small church. 'I love what you have on,' she murmured. 'I've never seen anything like it around here. It's so . . . so modern...