Word: overlook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem becomes even more complex, because fundamentally the explanations and motivations conflict. You may favor economic aid as a humanitarian gesture and overlook the provisos which bind the people of the recipient nation to a life of misery. You may press for tariff reductions as a "progressive" move and not realize that only industrialized nations with high-cost manufactured goods progress in a tariff-free market economy. You may deplore the life style of South American peasants and forget the cheap price of bananas and the high dividends on your copper stock. But when you wake up, and see that...
...protrays this world admirably. The set is classic; pictures of the Doges' Palace, Grandmother, and the family dogs overlook crumpled chairs and a decanter of port. The costumes are all very tweedy, exuding pipe tobacco or rose water. The acting blends right in, and except for the usual accent problems (why can't American actors stop trying to convince us they are really British?) is generally quite competent. The women are the best; Gloria Fisher as Mrs. Smith is the Perfect Lady, who covers up her viciousness by layers of daubbed on gentility. Sarah Kindleberger as Mrs. Martin demonstrates...
...action taken by New York authorities in restoring order to the Attica prison is highly commendable [Sept. 27]. Surely those who criticize overlook the fact that the prisoners involved are desperately sick men whose ability to reason is seriously impaired if not totally destroyed. Such lawlessness cannot be tolerated; the action taken will, I hope, discourage future incidents of this nature...
...reader is kept on a taut leash of suspense, and the hero finally becomes a breathing instance of a truth that the radical left tends to overlook. However politically useful they may be, gadflies are born, not made...
...assassination attempt posed a cruel dilemma for Italian Americans, who regard the league as a voice for their frustrations and have attempted to overlook Colombo's Mafia life. Father Louis Gigante possesses a unique in sight into this moral tug of war: he is both the league chaplain and the younger brother of a man who was accused of trying to assassinate Frank Costello in 1957. Father Gigante was among those keeping vigil outside Roosevelt Hospital. Said he: "The league is definitely a positive thing, but all they talk about in the papers is the crime thing...