Word: offenders
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...eventually and last week they reminded Israel to take the autonomy talks seriously. Unfortunately, the greatest damage done by the vote fiasco may be the erosion of whatever leverage the Administration had for putting pressure on Israel. Since the Israelis know that President Carter can ill afford to further offend Jewish voters, it is hard to imagine the Begin government giving in to a last-minute compromise. Moreover, the vote issue will not disappear right away. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to begin hearings this week on the U.N. fiasco...
Joseph W. St. George, a film programmer, Sunday said he attributes part of the movie's success to "being anti-war when Nixon was invading Cambodia." He added, "It was absurd, beautiful and warm-hearted. It didn't offend your sensibility. It didn't make you think...
...first thing you learn about Brazil is that Brazilians speak Portuguese. One of the surest ways to offend a Brazilian is to assume his native language is Spanish...
Rent-a-suit has already spread to California, where the Los Angeles women's clothesmaker Smart Modes plans to initiate a similar operation. "One out of every five executives who thinks he is dressing for success, dresses to offend," says Author (Dress for Success) and Clothing Consultant John T. Molloy. "There is going to be a whole flurry of companies doing this...
...making Cruising, William Friedkin was asking for trouble. This detective melodrama has something to offend almost everyone: the plot concerns a string of sex murders, and the main setting is Manhattan's unsavory demimonde of sadomasochistic homosexual bars. Last summer, gay activists picketed Cruising's locations, charging that the film would stir anti-gay violence. Two weeks ago, a big theater chain threatened to cancel Cruising 's bookings on the grounds that the film merited an X rather than its official R rating. When the movie opens nationwide this week, more protests may follow. Certainly Cruising will...