Word: shrill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concede that they do not expect all of the proposed "new order" to be accepted. Even so, the poor states' demands-if only because of the new strength of their voices-constitute an agenda for action that the rich must confront. After long dismissing LDC demands as unrealistically shrill, Washington is now ready to talk about a number of them. "We have heard your voices. We will join your efforts," Secretary of State Kissinger told the U.N. last September in a speech read for him by Moynihan. In it, the U.S. offered more than two dozen measures aimed...
...this Miss Lonelyhearts succeeds in evoking the supreme negativity of West's vision, Teichmann's occasional soppiness notwithstanding. Because of the peculiar balance of this production, however, we don't even need to wait for the final curtain to experience the onset of despair. When Shrike, shrill as the song of the bird he's named for, tells Miss Lonelyhearts to "Get off this milk of human kindness bit," we wish the misguided kid would take his advice...
...Roman Catholic Church, abortion is officially a grave sin. How to combat it effectively is a problem that has been troubling the nation's Catholic bishops ever since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its liberalized ruling on abortion early in 1973. While oft-shrill, heavily Catholic "right-to-life" committees waged political battles against abortion on all fronts, the bishops largely confined themselves to statements reaffirming church teachings and to limited lobbying in support of some kind of constitutional amendment that would nullify the court's action...
...enduring symbol of authoritarianism. At 82, Francisco Franco y Bahamonde, the Caudillo of Spain, had become increasingly secluded, aloof from the people, distant even from his own subordinates. The olive-colored flesh sagged in folds from his face, his palsied right hand trembled continuously, and the speech-once shrill and demanding-was slurred and frequently unintelligible. The figure, barely 5 ft. 3 in. tall, had never been especially heroic, even in a general's uniform decorated with medals, sash and sword; in recent years it seemed smaller and withered. But until last week, Franco never relaxed the hard control...
...possibilities are endless, as this brief review shows. Despite all the shrill criticism of 1-1-2, the housing plan does have a rosy, "exciting" side to it. There's enough there to warm the heart of B.F. Skinner...