Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Burdened by Abstractions. Since the Utilitarians taught them to value only what can be put to use. Americans no longer appreciate a thing in itself. They are immersed in abstractions. Kerr insists, and have lost touch with life in the raw. Modern abstract art mirrors abstract lives; so does the avant-garde theater with its often meaningless chatter. Even business has become abstract. By a mere "shuffling" of papers, a financier can buy the Empire State Building without going near it. "Does he feel on solid ground, clothed in steel and concrete that have become part of himself?" asks Kerr...
...Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma pleaded indigestion caused by eating fermented, raw deer liver-a Laotian delicacy-and flew to Italy to inspect a prospective son-in-law, then motored to the French Riviera to inspect a modest villa he is building. He planned to stay in France until his daughter's June wedding...
...Grand Prix championship racing for Ferrari: "I'm the champion, but all anyone talks about is Moss." Moss's fan mail runs to 10,000 letters a year and his income to something like $150,000. He drives as if every race were his last-with a raw fury that borders on desperation. He has pressed wildly on with hot oil spraying in his face, raced with his leg in a plaster cast, sped around curves while nearly blinded by glass fragments in his eyes. He cannot even remember how many crashes he has survived...
...throaty Arab intonation with a nasal drawl, falls unpleasantly on French ears. The pieds-noirs are considered pushy, noisy, boastful and vulgar. A Nice restaurateur says: "You cannot spend ten minutes with them before the subject of their sexual prowess comes up. Their language and gestures are so raw that it's not surprising that no one, from high society to workers, invites pieds-noirs to their homes." About the only group to escape the widespread condemnation are young pied-noir girls, because 1) they are uncommonly good-looking; 2) being women, they are appreciably less crude and rude...
Against this, President Kennedy argued that steel's bill for raw materials is cheaper now than in 1958; iron ore has remained level, while coal and steel scrap have dropped sharply. More important, the President declared that the productivity of steel workers has risen enough so that the labor costs of producing a ton of steel have not increased since 1958, and will actually slip a bit this year. Productivity is an elusive and much disputed statistic. Kennedy's estimates of productivity gains in steel were roughly double the industry's own estimate of 2% yearly...