Word: slanderous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...edification of the assembled newsmen, Do Mau ticked off a few "Golden Rules" of good journalistic behavior. "Do not promote Communism or neutralism," said he. "Do not endanger national security or the army's morale. Do not spread false news of any kind. Do not slander individuals. Do not bolster vices." Asked one reporter: "Who's going to be your first victim?" Do Mau did not reply directly, but within a few hours all Saigon knew the answer. By order of Information Minister Do Mau, five dailies were "permanently" closed, four more suspended for a month...
...bear is toothless, clawless, sexless and brainwashed into its anthropomorphic antics. Yellowstone unregimented bears gather along the roadside midsummer time to enjoy the free performance of nearly two million park visitors, biting very few considering the expanse of toothsome human epidermis proffered daily. Our bears are indignant at your slander...
Chris Reaske, as a farmer, and Thom Babe, the pastor, shone like bright alpha stars in comparison, however, and made it possible for the leads to work. Reaske's storming over the injustice he suffered in a slander case was controlled but believable; unfortunately the incident had little to do with the main plot of the play...
...stung was Brizola that he demanded help from the judiciary, from Congress, from the armed forces, and pleaded with his brother-in-law Goulart to force Chateaubriand to give him equal space. He threatened to bring a slander suit against Nasser. But for the moment, at least, Brizola had to take his lumps...
Even though James gave primacy to pure, raw values, he did not disparage consistency as an ideal. On occasion critics have accused him of advocating belief in whatever seems most pleasant at a given moment. James considered this accusation an "impudent slander" involving a fundamental misunderstanding of pragmatism. He visualized himself, in fact, as pent in "between the whole body of funded truths squeezed from the past and the coercions of the world of sense about...