Word: damningly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This drifting away from earlier material seems necessary, even when some of the new directions promise to be less consequential; attempts to reawaken the old are simply unsuccessful. "Give a Damn," a "talking song" on Paul and was a theme song for the Urban Coalition. It evokes, above all, a sense of deja vu. Its point is that arm-chair liberals are hypocrites--not an especially novel insight...
...costumed in particularly doughty fashion and their god-how-my-girdle's-killing-me routines seemed to meet with favorable response mostly on the part of the audience's ladies who lunch.) In fact, it seems to me Merrick's only got two choices--he can either close the damn thing out of town, or he can bring it into New York and play it on a six-matinee-a-week schedule. In either case, no matter how much effort goes into salvaging the show, this is one case where the Sugar just ain't goin' to ferment...
...gives a fuck about dual meets?" I once heard a swimmer remark. "The only thing I give a damn about are the Eastern and the Nationals." With these words of wisdom in mind, and with Harvard's dual-meet slate (which ended last week with a traditional blitzing by Yale) finally over, the Crimson will be looking for greater glory when it returns to New Haven this weekend for the year's version of the Eastern Seabord Championships...
Listen, something is wrong with the American democratic society. For some odd reason, no lawmakers give a damn about fellow human beings forced to live in such filth. There must be a reason for the present situation of the poor and "disadvantaged" of America. What is that reason?, asked political leaders or distinguished sociologists who deduced scientifically, the cause for poverty. The answer comes back--the sociological reason why these unfortunate people live in misery is because they lack INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT. We have the test results right here. Such important information is analyzed by politicians, businessmen, and citizens...
...have any questions for a fellow running for President?" When he gets a question, he often answers in such time-consuming detail that his aides' plans for the day are wrecked. The charge that his campaign is well-meaning but futile enrages him. "You're damn right it's an exercise in earnestness," he says. "If political debate is worth anything in this country, I hope it is an exercise in earnestness...