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...deep doo-doo," slang for predicament. What is even more puzzling is Roget's failure to draw distinctions between the "nonformal" and the downright unacceptable. The fourth cites certain words as derogatory; the fifth does not. It lists such pejoratives as "spade," "nigger," "honky," "redskin," "gook" and "slant-eye" as nonformal and altogether ignores other, similar terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satisfying Verbomania | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...understand, Mr. President. The old vision thing, I suppose, rearing its ugly head. Permit me to go at this from another slant. Suppose that Mrs. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Suppose . . . | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...still hale, for a man of 75; and in the U.S., President Joseph Kennedy, also 75, is planning a state visit to Berlin to quiet rumors of supposed Nazi human-rights violations against Jews during the war. His trip will make clear the solidly anti-Semitic, pro-German slant of American neutrality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nazism Uber Alles | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...finals began. The U.S. boat's keel, fin and rudder were removed and adjusted for the calmer weather that has been prevailing around San Diego. "We recognized that we were a bit susceptible in those conditions," says Phil Kaiko, one of the boat's designers. "We've decided to slant ourselves in that direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sun, Surf and Software | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

This is the primary reason SAA did not come to The Crimson with the full story behind our push to maintain the Indo-Muslim cultural chair. Crimson articles have an anti-administration slant, and thus, we wanted to steer clear of this bias and maintain control of our discourse with the Administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not Conspicuously Absent | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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