Word: offending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This stripping down of both matter and manner may confuse or offend some of Lowell's admirers. But beyond the specific subjects of individual poems, the process of reduction is what Day by Day is about. This is a departure for Lowell, and the reasoning behind it is autobiographical. In his confessional poems, Lowell has always been acutely conscious of his years: they defined him historically, located precisely the jumping-off place for his memories and served as a shorthand index for the variety of personal experience he was likely to undergo...
...only its fifth week, Fernwood has yet managed to offend almost everybody. A rawhide sampler...
...defamation. It has obviously reduced the use of contemptuous epithets, but it has also unnecessarily inflamed some tender sensibilities. Take the heartfelt claim that all Italians, and not merely an outlaw underground, tend to be stigmatized by the word Mafia. Should the question be: Can this term unintentionally offend someone? Or should not the questions be: Is there an organized underworld? Is it actually called the Mafia? If so, to call it something else is to lose touch with reality...
Surprises offend the Soviets. Says one West German diplomat: "Often you feel your Russian counterpart needs to check with Moscow if you propose a tea break." Although Russian negotiators are entrusted with little discretionary power, their dogmatism can sometimes be penetrated through judicious use of the well-timed - and lengthy - unofficial lunch or dinner. Via such "back channels," and with sufficient lubrication, each side can get a feeling for the other's negotiating terrain...
...Moslem program against Ethiopia. Meanwhile neighboring Saudi Arabia, which has been pushing aid to Somalia in hopes of wooing it away from Moscow, is urging the U.S. to provide arms. The Saudis made the same pitch two years ago, but the U.S. demurred. The grounds: such a move would offend Washington's good friends in Addis Ababa...