Word: honestly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...letter from a Major Shaw [March 15] criticized an objective and honest commentary on the war as being "shrill with Cassandra's cry." Although misplaced, this classical reference is nevertheless strangely effective. Cassandra, who foretold the doom of Troy, was granted infallible prophetic powers by Apollo. The god later revenged himself upon her by causing every prophecy she made to be totally disregarded. No one ever believed her until it was too late. Perhaps this is true of Americans and the war of today...
...valuable. And there is a devotion to nature and to the virtues of the land that surprises the reader who thinks he is in the hands of a total pessimist. In near lyrical terms, Pavese expresses his warmest admiration for the peasants, their generosity and their capacity for honest work and robust living. As one of his characters replies when asked if he likes Mussolini's Italy: "Not Italy. The Italians...
Nixon said that McCarthy's style is the second factor. He described it as "honest and candid." "I think that McCarthy will wear better than Bobby," he said. "Bobby appeals to all the base emotions...
...white hair. His voice has a slight, unstudied Westernness that permits him to be lyrical occasionally. When he describes some of the tremendously complicated problems of dealing with the earth as a closed system, they reduce to a transparent simplicity. He projects himself to an audience as an honest layman who has only had to open his eyes to see the trouble...
They need not be so concerned about constantly trying to please the Faculty and Administration by wording their proposals just right. If any group at Harvard can afford to be honest, it is the SFAC...