Word: slant
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...Franz Xavier Philipp, Vienna correspondent for East Germany's Communist news agency ADN, and a former longtime editor of the Soviet-sponsored Berlin daily Tägliche Rundschau. Philipp also wa fired for refusal to slant stories of th Hungarian fighting, denied ADN's charge that he was working for the U.S. Secret Service...
...days when the tricolor flew over Indo-China, there was a distinct advantage in being a metis-the offspring of a foreigner and a Vietnamese. France generously granted citizenship to any Vietnamese with even a drop of French blood. Slant-eyed Eurasians, born of French soldiers or colons, learned in school that "our ancestors were the Gallic people." Eurasian men learned to drink cognac and vin rouge, the oftimes beautiful Eurasian women to wear Chanel perfume and Paris gowns. Vietnamese of mixed blood got the best jobs, were always considered a few steps above their fellow countrymen...
...loses its history becomes a rudderless ship. That's the dangerous position Japan is in today. To get out of it, the Japanese must look facts in the face." To the local citizens who have always considered themselves heaven-sent. Takikawa bluntly said: "We will not distort or slant our findings to please you. If this sounds cold, it's because there's nothing colder than pure scientific research...
...Brynner's king is a properly engaging mixture of arrogance and naivete, while a flock of correctly slant-eyed wives and children lends charm and authenticity. Miss Kerr presides over the whole menage with all the grace and, unfortunately, all the passion of an English noblewoman showing off her prize roses...
Divorced. By Glynis Johns, 32, slant-eyed, South African-born British cinemactress (Miranda, The Court Jester): David Ramsey Foster, 34, Manhattan businessman; after four years of marriage, no children; in London...