Word: fabricate
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...startled to read in your issue of Dec. 14 a direct quotation attributed to me, which, while accurate in itself, when taken out of the fabric of the discussion in which it was made, gave a completely inaccurate impression of my position on the question of federal subsidies for commuter railroads...
Crassly Commercial. In broadcasting, wrote Rogers, "there is evidence of widespread corruption and lack of the personal integrity that is so essential to the fabric of American life." He also disposed of the excuse offered by network presidents for their crooked quiz shows, i.e., that they were merely duped by deceitful packagers; this, said Rogers, is neither a "practical excuse nor a legal one." But if he found broadcasters and advertisers crassly commercial, Rogers also found the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission incredibly casual. Beyond its licensing and rulemaking authority, the FCC has "investigatory power fully...
...Vanishing Specter. When De Gaulle had finished, France was swept by a vast wave of relief that finally someone had pointed the way to an end of the bloody rebellion that has cost France $5 billion, kept 500,000 young Frenchmen under arms in Algeria and badly strained the fabric of NATO. The Communist and fascist fringes hurled insults at the President, but the great French middle, both liberal and conservative, overwhelmingly supported and applauded the bold initiative. And the dread specter of right-wing revolt all but vanished even in Algeria itself, where diehard French ultras had warned...
...recessed showroom where the picture-windowed north wall frames the placid river flowing below, a long and large gallery at either end, and a basement that converts easily from exhibition halls into lecture rooms. To cut the glare from artificial lights, all walls are faced with a light beige fabric; grey and brown terrazzo floors are offset by stairways trimmed in green tile...
...convenient device to teach moral lessons. Such intellectual Protestants, certainly the majority at Harvard, reject transubstantiation, physical resurrection, or even the divinity of Christ, concntrating instead upon the symbolic significance of these beliefs. Intellectualism, however, leaves out the element of faith, a thread inextricably woven in the fabric of Protestantism...