Word: shame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British press has a tradition of quietly putting up with this and other restrictions on its freedom. But in 1972, the London Sunday Times ran out of patience. In a series of articles entitled "Our Thalidomide Children: A Cause for National Shame," the Sunday Times made it clear that Distillers had been miserly with the Thalidomide victims. The stories provoked public outrage and pressured Distillers to raise its original settlement offer sevenfold, from an average of about $25,000 per child to $175,000. The articles were clearly in contempt of court. But the Sunday Times managed to avoid fines...
...doesn't make much of a difference whether or not two freshmen support SASC. But it seems a shame that anyone who opposes apartheid should be alienated by a group dedicated to the eradication of it. The South African people deserve all the help they can get; it is sad thing that they are denied the organized support of anyone due to the extraneous political beliefs of SASC...
...American director might have struggled more self-consciously with the concept of a filmed Hair, unearthing the despair and shame, the horror and uncertainties of the late sixties. But Hair is too light a vehicle for that kind of agonizing exorcism it would have been mawkish, shallow posturing. Someday an American director will film that scraggly mess. But for now, Milos Foreman keeps Hair cheerfully scruffy...
Bloom's failure must be diagnosed as one of the heart, not the head. His agile mind latches onto a bit of esoterica and clearly delights in its possibilities, but cannot communicate any enthusiasm. It is indeed a shame that Bloom cannot join the visionary company of his betters in myth-making--but too much criticism has apparently blinded his imagination...
...network's longtime president. (The only exception: CBS Godfather William Paley, who continues at 77 as chairman of the company he founded.) Like Stanton, Salant was offered a consulting contract, but he preferred a full-time job instead. Said Walter Cronkite, 62: "It's a darn shame that our policy doesn't permit us to keep...