Word: fairing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...joins a prickly cast of characters, among them Senator Joe McCarthy, Spiro Agnew and Ollie North, who take on the media, and by doing so prolong their stay in the public eye. The press (which also competes for the public's favor) has to prove that it is being fair to its critics, and has done so lately by giving Gary Hart acres of publicity he couldn't buy. USA Today reports that in the four days after Hart resumed his candidacy, network evening television gave him 39.31 minutes of coverage, while allotting George Bush and Bob Dole six minutes...
...will be the best advocate for Harvard's workers? The University has certainly not shown itself to be a perfect employer. While members of the corporation will doubtless point out that Harvard has always followed federal guidelines for fair practices in employment, members of the HUCTW are equally quick to point out that the Corporation has always taken its best advantage of whatever rather "grey" areas of the law it could find...
...displaced person nearly his entire life, manipulated by palace eunuchs, by the Japanese (while he is the puppet emperor of Manchuria) and finally by the Communists--Pu Yi never gets a fair chance at the throne. His life represents 60 years of Chinese political subjugation. An anti-hero at best, Lone's Pu Yi wins over the audience's sympathies. Every time there is even a glimmer of hope in his life a door literally shuts...
KENNEDY may succeed in domesticating the Herald. The New York Post may not fair as well...
...high-fives for his raucous fans. Once the show is under way, he paces the stage hungrily, a cigarette dangling from his knuckles and venom dripping from his toothy grin. Liberals are "Pablum pukers"; the current presidential candidates are "baboons." Guests or audience members who rile him are fair game for ripostes like "Don't be a smartass with me, punk," or an escort out the door. He ignites the crowd -- mostly young males who appear to be bused in from the stands of some local sports arena -- into bursts of cheering, hoots of derision or their favorite chant: "Mort...