Word: rancor
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...second lesson apparent for candidates with leftist views is to appeal to the fiscal conservatism of the voters. Harrington, for example, widely publicized figures on military spending and especially on ABM (still recalled with rancor in north of Boston suburbs). Within the limits of patriotism, defense figures can be made to seem truly appalling. In the TV debates and often on the circuit, Harrington frequently reminded his listeners that and23 billion was wasted on obsolete weapons over the last fifteen years. With the Democrats out of office, the left can feel at case in attacking federal waste...
Taosenos complain of the hippies' immorality, drug abuse and public nudity, but the complaints have proved largely illusory. A more realistic reason for the rancor is the fact that as many as 25% of local residents-most of whom are Mexican Americans-are unemployed, and many resent the white middle-class hippies' obvious flouting of the American ideal. "They are making fun of our poverty and our fight for survival," says Francis Quintana, a local school principal. Another explanation is that local entrepreneurs fear the hippies will hurt Taos' largest industry, tourism. "Tourists don't want...
Connell perceives the humor in Bridge's predicament, which is probably necessary: a good man is hard to stand. But his restrained tone of voice and inhumanly cool, cruel irony convey the impression of barely repressed personal rancor, such as a son might feel in trying to discuss his father. Perhaps this, and the fact that it is set in the 1930s, is what makes Mr. Bridge more than an objective caricature of the uptight WASP personality so often under attack today. What emerges is a muted image of an American type as pure, enduring and applicable as George...
...worst, the Wasp has been too repressive and rigid. At his best, he has stood for a certain selflessness, a sense of public service, a disinterestedness in the face of brawling passions. A feeling is growing that in this time of ideological rancor these are qualities worth reviving...
...36th President of the U.S. and the man who will be No. 37 are two of the most pugnacious politicians of their generation. Yet both Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon seemed determined last week to avoid the rancor that has so often accompanied the transfer of power...