Word: offhandedness
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In “The Audacity of Hope,” President Obama writes that “…values—the standards and principles that the majority of Americans deem important in their lives, and in the life of the country—should be at...
Such a question supposes that college students are dry leaves, blown every which way by the offhanded comments and parenthetical remarks of authority figures. Most college students are, in fact, mature and critical individuals who can easily distinguish between ill-conceived rants and nuggets of political wisdom. To be sure...
A group of white policemen arrived on the scene, standing back and eyeing the protesters, as passersby glanced at the display. One man, as he walked by me, muttered “What are those crazy n---ers up to now?” Of course I’d...
Although the Mississippi Gulf Coast is still referred to as the "Redneck Riviera," and Confederate souvenirs are still omnipresent in the curio shops along the beach, the most notable features of the area are the glitzy high-rise casino hotels, the new condominium towers and shopping centers that have made...
The most extreme and hysterical inclusions in "Dig" are short "letters" Southern concocted for the "National Lampoon" and the private amusement of his friends. Affecting an offhanded style, Southern gleefully raises the bar for bad-taste humor in these pieces, delivering bizarre gross-outs and politically incorrect (understatement) proclamations while...