Word: inferior
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...universally understood by intelligent beings (see diagram, page 56). Also, because man has so recently entered a technological state, any civilization capable of receiving earthly signs might be far more sophisticated. Would it bother to reply? Possibly not, according to Sagan, because the alien race might find men as inferior as men find ants. "Would we bother teaching the alphabet to the ants?" he asks...
...vindictive. Labor strategists conceded later that it might have been better tactics to smother the President with kindness rather than cold-shoulder him. As the convention continued last week, he tried to recover lost ground. He told the delegates that he had not intended to give the President an inferior seat. "When you go back over the history, John F. Kennedy sat in that chair. Lyndon Johnson sat in that chair. The commander of the American Legion will sit in that chair when we introduce him a little later. Jerry Lewis, if he can sit still long enough, will...
...Faced with the dearth of behind-the-scenes composers, they have had to rely on familiar, previously recorded material. A few, such as Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker, have distinguished their renditions through unique vocal styles and new arrangements, while some, like Janis Joplin, create remakes that are invariably inferior to the originals...
There are also several rock songs in the film that tend to be inferior to the best of Zappa's work. Unfortunately these numbers are accompanied by psychedelic, out-of-focus visuals of the Mothers playing. The result is boring...
...your cover story on Hirohito [Oct. 4]: for generations Japan has made it inferior and sold it cheaper than any country in the world. To make merchandise 10% poorer would mean the shirt wouldn't stand one washing, the appliance wouldn't last a week, and the radio wouldn't even bring in a local station...