Word: pamphleteered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ridicule the government, earning several terms in prison for his efforts. Sentenced to death last year, Kim was released in February. Last month he was jailed again on charges of having violated South Korea's sweeping anti-Communist law. The government, meanwhile, has begun international distribution of a pamphlet called The Case Against Kim Chi Ha, an effort to prove the highly dubious contention that Kim is a fervent Communist. Kim's friends fear that the government is moving to prepare public opinion for his execution...
...even smaller cuts will not be easy in Fun City. Last week city hall was ringed by thousands of protesting teachers, parents and students. To fight the proposed layoffs, the policemen, firemen and other city union members started distributing a pamphlet with a skull on the cover and the title: "Welcome to Fear City." Inside were morbidly detailed instructions on how to avoid crime and other hazards in New York: "Do not walk. If you must leave your hotel after 6 p.m., summon a radio taxi by telephone or ask the hotel doorman to call a taxi while you remain...
...abstract expressionism onward, American art has been made only to illustrate their theories. The works are then fobbed off on a public of bourgeois status seekers who strive to soothe their guilt at being rich and successful by patronizing the New. Such is the gist of Wolfe's pamphlet. If it seems familiar, that is only because Wolfe did not invent philistinism...
Their works come to us at a time when no new literature worth reading is being published in Czechoslovakia. The "official" literature oscillates between two genres: trashy novels and political pamphlet. Mr. Muller can again serve us as the example of the first type, with his cheap would-be sexy novel. "With Elvira...
Every Mailbox. The anti-Marketeers argue that EEC membership will lead to more unemployment, higher food prices and less sovereignty for Britain. Pro-Marketeers maintain that membership will reduce unemployment, lower food prices and bolster Britain's world influence. The official referendum campaign pamphlets-which are being delivered at government expense to every mailbox in the land this week-do little to clarify matters. With more drama than cogency, the Why You Should Vote Yes pamphlet argues that "outside [the EEC] we should be alone in a harsh, cold world with none of our friends offering to revive...