Word: shame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nearby, a spectator who was not yelling and cheering enough was being removed from his seat and replaced by a noisier, more cheerful fellow. "Poor devil," thought the fan to himself. "Struck down by the designated fan rule. What a shame...
...Congress has stalled on similar proposals 30 times in the past ten years. Failing a congressional move, lottery officials will either have to avoid the mails and stop using banks for distribution of tickets, or face the fact that their unlucky number has come up. That would be a shame, because the lotteries have proved to be more than a safe bet for supporting state services and easing the taxpayer's burden...
...Shame! Infamy! Horror! Sam Peckinpah has really tried to do it this time. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a gift to everyone who persists in misunderstanding such Peckinpah films as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs simply as paeans to brutality and orgies of tasteless violence. Alfredo Garcia could almost be dedicated to those benighted types. It is as if Peckinpah, sick of the accusations, decided to hurl them back and really make a film about violence...
...many students go through Harvard without even knowing that Grendel's Den exists. That's a shame, because Grendel's is one of the Square's most enjoyable and most reasonably-priced eating places...
...Baby and to Seals and Crofts for their Unborn Child. A "Discarded Older Woman" award was given to Ash Wednesday, the Elizabeth Taylor film of a middle-aged wife who undergoes a body-lift in order to keep her husband. Ad writers for National Airlines won a "Hall of Shame" award for their "Fly Me" campaign, and Playboy's Hugh Hefner, along with his competitors at Penthouse, Gallery and Viva, picked up a "Meat Market" prize for their role in "dehumanizing both women and men." The envelope, please...