Word: shame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...display and desecration of the American dead, President Carter at a televised press conference assailed the Iranians' "ghoulish action," which he called "a horrible exhibition of inhumanity." He added: "This indicates quite clearly the kinds of people with whom we have been dealing. They did not bring shame and dishonor on those fallen Americans. They brought shame and dishonor on themselves...
Most of Big Business Day was more predictable. Nader denounced U.S. corporations as "legal Frankensteins" that usurp human rights; a local labor leader declared a union war on business. In the National Visitor Center Gallery at Union Station, a "Corporate Hall of Shame" was erected for eleven companies, including Exxon, Citicorp and Du Pont...
Taking as their credo the saying "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me," the Islanders stormed out of the locker room intent on quickly securing their third overtime win in four games. New York pressed for the coup de grace, but Cheevers denied numerous bids in the first few minutes of sudden death and gave his teammates a chance to gain equilibrium...
...only blot on the premiere is Kenneth Ryan, who lacks a sense of comic timing as Wheeler, stepping on some of Leib's best laugh lines. Which is a shame, because Terry is a very funny play, and depends on its humor to reach those for whom absurdism is not an assumption. (I am thinking particularly of the middle-aged audience that grew up with, not after Camus...
Perhaps the most damaging effect of this overreaction has been a detraction of attention from such vital issues as the affirmative action program, the Afro-American Studies Department, and the newly-proposed Third World Center. It would be a shame if the true needs of Black students at Harvard are overlooked because of any alienation caused by this overreaction. Nathan Berkovits