Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort, he would hit them where it hurt the most-with the voters back home. Noting that he could go on television whenever he liked, Carter said: "I can talk to your constituents easier than you can." He laughed disarmingly, but even so it was not the sort of remark that wins friends on Capitol Hill...
...garde and the most transparent of composers, the Marcel Duchamp of music, the man who erected combinations of silence and random sound into an aesthetic strategy in order to give art the inclusive density of life. It was Cage's example that prompted Rauschenberg to formulate his much-quoted remark that "painting relates to both art and life... I try to act in the gap between...
...Mudzi, exploded: "You just think we are a lot of damned niggers!" Barked back Richard: "You ought to know that word is not in my vocabulary, and you should not seek to put it there. Before we go any further with this meeting, I want you to withdraw that remark." Mudzi backed off, and there were no hard feelings, especially after Richard learned that Mudzi had just been released from prison in Zambia, where he had been held since March 1975 without trial on suspicion of murdering another black leader. "I think it cleared the air," Richard told TIME...
...reporters, noted that Carter didn't seem to grasp fully "that if he wishes on a given day to draw national attention to a major statement on an important issue, he cannot also make a biting or catchy gibe at President Ford or react to a presidential remark with an angry comment." This may be sound practical advice, but what does it say about serious journalism...
...eternity looking for someone who knew what they meant. We at Dartmouth's main campus in Hanover, N.H. (a small town in a small state north of Boston) were fortunate enough to have Mr. Savit's perceptive article reprinted in our school newspaper. We feel, however, that we must remark on Mr. Savit's lack of decorum and sensitivity in light of recent events at Dartmouth. Since the tragic loss to your powerful and ubiquitous squad of elegantly dressed winged warriors (we loved the pin-striped jersies and Brooks Brothers athletic undergarments), the entire freshman class has shaved their heads...