Word: shamed
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...conductor hired from outside Harvard," Conant said. "To look at it objectively, Jim is an unwanted guest. If the students had had their choice, they would have kept John Adams. With that background, Jim certainly didn't have a red carpet that was just lush with welcome. It's shame, because he has had a wealth of musical experience...
...total halt may take five years or longer. Sooner or later, though, Americans will have to learn that Euroblood, like Middle Eastern oil, is not an inexhaustible resource. Says Dr. Irene Roeckel, director of a blood bank in Lexington, Ky.: "The impact of Euroblood is to cover the national shame of not enough Americans lying down and donating blood...
...shame that protocol dictated that Teng come to the United States before Jimmy Carter went to Peking. Summit meetings are more meaningful for a U.S. President if he has seen something of the other man's country. Even after 200 years of organized history, U.S. Presidents, who often come out of the fields or the Rotary halls, tend to be more guileless than their counterparts, who frequently are professional rulers. Also, the U.S. has so much more of almost everything than the country of any visitor that it is difficult for a President to assess the promises being made...
...Made It Real Big in the Last Five Years"--Ron Howard (excellent as always at doing the same goddamned thing), Cindy Williams (magnificent; the best performance in the film. I actually thought at the time that she had a promising career ahead of her as an actress. What a shame...), Richard Dreyfuss (a shallow, hammy, wise-ass punk of an actor, but he was less offensive back then, and is used marvelously here), Harrison Ford (amusing), MacKenzie Phillips (see Harrison Ford), Candy Clark and--for a few seconds, Suzanne Somers. Paul LeMat is very fine, too. A poignant ending...
...When a book is boring, they yawn openly, without any shame or fear of authority...