Word: roped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recall reading that S.I. Hayakawa [June 21] once suggested that, if a man were drowning 50 feet from shore, a Republican would throw him a 25-ft. rope and tell him to swim to the other end of the rope because it would be good for his character, whereas the Democrat would throw him a 100-ft. rope and run off looking for others to save...
...modern Republican would throw one end of the 25-ft. rope to a man in a rapidly rising hot-air balloon with the faith that the other end would trickle down automatically to help the drowning...
...precisely that in his campaign for the U.S. Senate from California. A backslid Democrat who now calls him self a "Republican unpredictable," Hayakawa explained the difference between the two this way: "Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 ft. from shore, would throw you a 25 ft. rope and tell you to swim the other 25 ft. because it would be good for your character. Democrats would throw you a 100-ft. rope and then walk away looking for other good deeds...
...Western Europe -are convinced that the Communists are sincere in their democratic protestations. Others, though, continue to be suspicious of Berlinguer, despite their admiration for his personal qualities. They remember Lenin's cynical observation about capitalists who are (or were) so naive that they would eagerly sell the rope with which they would be hung. But even some of those who accept Communist sincerity also recall the Prague Spring, and wonder how long a Communist Party in power in Italy could survive if Moscow disagreed with its programs...
...finale, he calls out the British navy. Against a shimmering pastel backdrop of ships and harbor waters, the company reassembles for a flotilla of fun. Salutes, crawl strokes and the gestures associated with rope hauling are incorporated into Balanchine's choreographic concept as smoothly as the jeté and fouetté. The leader of a squad of WRENS (women's naval service), Farrell ambles sexily, as though she had a chip on her hip or, just perhaps, an invisible set of bagpipes. If such a thing as an apotheosis of the sidle can be imagined, Farrell has done...