Word: meanness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...looting are criminal acts, and should be dealt with as such," they said. Noting that most damage inflicted by Negro rioters is at the expense of other Negroes, they added: "There is no injustice which justifies the present destruction of the Negro community and its people. This does not mean that we should submit tamely to joblessness, inadequate housing, poor schooling, humiliation and attack. It does require a redoubling of efforts to end these wrongs and disabilities...
...mean, mean, mean. Don't punch cattle, punch a few women instead. Never waste a punch when a knee in the groin will do. Eliminate the love interest; it gets in the way of the violence. Surly, coldblooded, money grubbing antiheroes are the best, especially if they grunt a lot. And, most important for the successful western, it should be filmed in Spain by an Italian company with a cast of American stars and Italian and Spanish gypsy extras...
...China's educational system may prove the biggest-and longest-lasting-backward leap of all. Closing the schools for a year-so that 110 million students could be freed to "exchange revolutionary experiences," "smash" revisionist leaders and "struggle violently against" teachers suspected of harboring anti-Mao views-will mean the loss of two years of education before the school system is put back in running order. But this may be the least of China's troubles. For behind the scenes, Mao's advisers are proposing to scrap the old curriculum, generally based on Western models, and substitute...
...orgy is expected to be brief, but the consequences of last week's decision will not be. Doctors and dentists are already complaining that cheaper candy will broaden waistlines and decay teeth. Beyond that, lower supermarket prices will probably mean an end to many of the 60,000 little neighborhood shops, which include sweets among their sundries, and last year accounted for 48% of Britain's candy sales. Most important, the candy case is the first in a series on the docket of the Restrictive Practices Court. The court is now scheduled to rule on price fixing...
However, there are at least three outstanding jobs. Dan Deitch plays his sour, self-righteous Angelo with a sibilant "S" that makes every word he utters sound selfish and mean. Susan Channing has the part of Isabella to deal with -- one of the most ambiguous roles ever written. Yet she manages to be both touching and priggish, and she is always believable. And Paul Schmidt, though he may not show the power and the glory of the Duke, does do a creditable job with a part that goes on forever and ever...