Word: politicizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like most politicians, Carter is a professional collector of people. At one time or another, he has described as "good friends of mine" such retiring folks as Edward Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, Bob Dylan and Burt Reynolds. There is probably no more bizarre relationship in American politics...
A. Far better. The American body politic is basically healthy. Our people are confident. They want to believe in their Government. There is not the fundamental division you have in many foreign countries. Too often, the Communist vote reflects the fact that a significant segment of the population has opted...
But for CBS television to depict an Irish family in the middle of brahmin-land as having to be biting and aggressive would be an admission by one of America's largest corporations that this is indeed a closed society with a rigid class structure. It is much more politic...
Volpone. If all this Americana is beginning to stick in your throat, get away from it all and go see this classic satire by Shakespeare's old drinking buddy Ben Jonson Jonson lets his venom loose on greed a timeless subject that's usually good for a chortie or two...
But I would be willing to admit that there is more at work here than sheer greed. The Bicentennial Commission's decision to split the festivities between a number of cities was of course a politic one--maximize the number of places where people can spend money, spread the wealth...