Word: offending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That this week's speech was to be made at all constitutes something of a victory for Carter's economic advisers-and for reality-over his political counselors, who have been arguing that anything the President might do about inflation would offend powerful constituencies. Nonetheless, the speech would probably be no bombshell. Rather than outline a comprehensive, drastic policy, Carter was expected to announce a series of small but symbolic, and concrete, steps that the Government would take in order to set an example of anti-inflationary restraint for the rest of the nation. Some probable highlights...
...warmly nostalgic evening--it brings back memories of junior high-school drama. How bad is it? So bad that it probably shouldn't be reviewed, at least not by anyone who is willing to tell the truth. But even at its worst, this production is not too innocent to offend anyone. Most of the actors look too frightened or unsure, and although there is a director, you'd never know it from the blocking or pace of the show. As in most junior high productions, whenever someone chances to display a little comic flair or intelligence--even unrefined--the effect...
...harmonic invention of the Beach Boys (two groups to whom Cassidy declares himself devoted), but lyrics like "Now you know I'm really glad/ I listened to my Mom and Dad" will go far to assuage parental anxiety. Nothing about Shaun is calculated to intimidate or offend. As Joe Hardy, boy sleuth, he is absolutely hygienic. In concert, he adorns himself in requisite skin-tights and shakes his tail at the yearning throngs, but the distinct outline of his briefs pressing through the clinging fabric is disarming and reassuringly boyish, like a kid who has got all the moves...
...middle-class black woman on the jury went along with the verdict, Wright said, adding that in his eight years as a judge he has learned that a middle-class black will never "offend the establishment...
...future were carnal. Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell indicated a relaxed White House attitude with the crack that Carter "only lusts after Poles in his heart." Similarly, Carter's unwittingly public criticism of Desai for refusing to accept U.S. conditions on the purchase of uranium did not offend the Indian leader. Oddly enough, the episode proved a political plus for both men: it showed Desai's countrymen that he had not bowed to the U.S. President, and it also demonstrated to Americans that Carter means business in his efforts to control nuclear proliferation. The fly incident...