Word: guff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flashlight-pointer, she will also turn lights on and off, fetch such small articles as keys, books and slippers, open doors, place records on a stereo turntable and put things back in their places. Says Powell: "Crystel has her own personality, and she won't take any guff...
Clearly intent on consciousness raising among the elderly, Comfort urges those over 65 to take no guff about their age. One of his encyclopedia entries is titled "Dignity. Stand on this. (See Pulling Rank.)" He advises "bloody-mind-edness"("Be ruthless to rudeness." "Show you expect respect"). Any use of titles such as Pop or Granny must be punished. "Point out acidly that you have a name and if they don't know it they can damn well ask, and that you were earning a living when they were still eating baby food...
...products of this incumbent mentality influence the admixture of guts and guff that make up Al's political style. First, that he is practically a monument in his community lends a security to his ability to continue living a local political life. If someone is pretty certain he can be reelected, he can say things that verge on the outrageous or the absurd, so long as the man himself is not absurd. Second, incumbents find formulas that work for them, and they will stick by them as long as they carry some political benefit. One of the formulas...
Bette Henritze once more plays Paulina, who takes guff from nobody. She finds a good balance between righteous indignation and humor, and rises to the task of becoming a sort of female Prospero, guiding the course of events. Miss Henritze's voice does not have as wide a pitch range as one would like, but she uses what she has with impressive skill. William Larsen also repeats as her husband Antigonus, who is pursued and eaten by a (wisely stylized) bear...
...shred of evidence that Ali's gifted father beat him up, as he must admit in the next sentence: "Whether Ali's childhood was like this, or anything like this, it would be impertinent to guess-and he isn't saying." This is the sort of guff that the English press writes on dull days: "Is Queen Elizabeth pregnant again? It would be impertinent to guess, and she's not saying...