Word: hues
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...population of Vietnam, North and South, faces the prospect of oppression as well as hunger and poverty until the end of the century under a regime which puts its interests far above those of the people, judging by all available official pronouncements. A tragic postscript to a tragic war. Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Assistant Professor In Sino-Vietnamese History
Then too there is the element of pure meanness in such laughter, both the meanness of enjoyment in watching an embarrassed misspeaker's eyes roll upward as if in prayer -his hue turn magenta, his hands like homing larks fluttering to his mouth-and the mean joy of discovering his hidden base motives and critical intent. At the 1980 Democratic National Convention, Jimmy Carter took a lot of heat for referring to Hubert Humphrey as Hubert Horatio Hornblower because it was instantly recognized that Carter thought Humphrey a windbag. David Hartman of Good Morning America left little doubt about...
...mystery takes on a different hue for homosexuals, but remains a mystery nonetheless. Many can take their preference without a pang of remorse and guilt; they only have to fear the repression and condescension from a society that targets them for debasement. But many cannot evade the question of why they are what they are. Emotional trauma over the stark facts has always led a few to suicide; others have been instilled with a morbid sense of shame and self-hatred. Moral revisionists will no doubt blame such personal tragedies on the evil influence of society and public opinion...
When the Young Socialists recommended their chairman, Andrew Bevan, then age 24, as the Labor Party's National Youth Officer back in 1976, the hue and cry was immediate. London's Daily Mirror was quick to call him "Red Andy" and "a dangerous representative of Trotskyist infiltration." The Times editorialized that Bevan was a "subversive element" and likened his appointment to "soldiers under siege being asked suddenly to accept the command of one of the enemy." An array of Labor stalwarts, including Michael Foot and then Prime Minister James Callaghan, objected to Bevan's selection...
Cozza, dressed like a true Yalie in a crested blue jacket, an off-hue blue sweater and a pinstripe tie, glowed after The Game. He described Grieve's touchdown catch--the Elis' first pass of the day--as "a big play, a super big play. It couldn't have been bigger...