Word: crutch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dictate much of the use of graphics in advertising, and it is my understanding that use of sex symbolism is heaviest in publications read by young people. Such techniques, in my opinion, indicate a lack of creativity on the part of persons preparing the ads. The technique is a crutch where talent is absent...
Race as a Crutch. Though Harry Truman ordered the military services desegregated in 1948, the Korean War found Negroes still serving in all-black outfits, or else in behind-the-lines noncombat roles. White officers-particularly in the Navy and Marine Corps-stubbornly kept Negroes out of top command positions...
...Randall, 34, a Negro psychiatrist for the 4th Infantry Division, though agreeing that many Negro officers and enlisted men complain of discrimination, says: "Many times I have found that the complaint because of race is not really that, but that race has been used by some as a crutch." To the argument that Negroes are too poor for college deferments must be added the fact that they like the military enough to re-enlist at a rate three times that of the white servicemen...
...intense, ever-so-serious people with an axe to grind against their elders. And why not? Wonderful plays have been intense, ever-so-serious, and intolerant of the world around them. But there's another angle to the stereotype: student writers sometimes use their--our--intolerance as a crutch. They defend their flaws with a contemptuous moan and an "I'm sorry, but that's how I feel...
More than an appreciation of booze, "Monkey in Winter" is a gentle plea for understanding the dreams some men have. They will wake up to reality by themselves, despite the occasional crutch of liquor, but why burst a bubble before then. Beyond the simple message is simple fun. Belmondo and Gabin together for the first time--and drunk to boot. It couldn't miss, and it doesn...