Word: crudely
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...hours later, another patrol, headed by Lieut. William Robertson, reached the town of Torgau, on the Elbe, and came under heavy fire from across the river. Robertson broke into a pharmacy, liberated a bed sheet, some ink and Mercurochrome, and painted a crude U.S. flag. He climbed the tower of the town castle and hung his flag from the parapet. "Tovarish!" he shouted. "Amerikansky...
...Dallas, the quarrelsome clan that is the OPEC cartel serves as a comforting reminder that the rich have troubles too. OPEC's bench-mark oil price of $28 per bbl. has lately been undercut by non-OPEC producers like Mexico, which last week slashed prices on its best light crude by $1.25 per bbl., to an average of $26.50. Several OPEC members have been cheating on the cartel's production quotas, thus contributing to an oil glut and sliding prices on the world market...
...hold more talks on July 22 in Geneva. Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani of Saudi Arabia, which has OPEC's richest reserves of both oil and cash, has reportedly threatened that if there is no progress in Geneva, his country will double its current production of crude, which could send the price below $20 per bbl., its lowest level since 1979. The oil producers' loss would be a big gain for the U.S. and other industrial economies. CLOTHING All in the Family...
Need a new hairdo? Queen Latifah’s got one for you in Beauty Shop, a movie that works off of and modifies its predecessors—Barbershop and Barbershop 2—adding a feminine twist to its talented ensemble cast and blunt, sometimes crude discussions of culture, race...
...fills me with an indescribable joy!" Crumb is not above making fun of himself, either. In San Francisco Comic Book No. 3 (1970), he imagines a TV interviewer pontificating: "Even in your most twisted, deranged ... uhh ... sick drawings, there is definitely a deeper significance that goes beyond the crude sadistic surface level." Though there are just 164 images at the Whitechapel, it takes some time to get round the show, because you just can't resist reading hilarious dialogue like this. "A Chronicle of Modern Times" covers a good stretch of Crumb's career, from his early formative years...