Word: slappingly
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...Beatles do it again and it is only left to affirm, in spite of the shock of distrust introduced into the relationship by the slap in "Revolution", that I, and you, still love and respect the Beatles...
...effort to mollify the followers of Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. Last week a group of party leaders proposed a Southern running mate for Humphrey, mentioning seven prospects by name.* Humphrey preferred to remain politely vague. Nonetheless, in Mississippi he is backing the biracial insurgent delegate slate, a direct slap at the old-time leaders. And last week he coined the term Nixiecrat to disparage Nixon's association with conservative Southerners like Thurmond, who led the Dixiecrat revolt...
...privilege and tradition of the man who is the nominee," he said, "to pick his running mate. This is Mr. Nixon's day, and I have no comment." Privately, however, Rocky was furious, looking upon the choice of the obscure Maryland Governor as not only a personal slap in the face but also a serious blunder on Nixon's part. Agnew, he felt, was simply not up to the job. "It's Nixon's idea of how to solve the nation's problems," said a Rockefeller aide, "mix oil and water. People are throwing...
Posters in the U.S. have rarely achieved the artistry that was common in Europe in the days when Toulouse-Lautrec limned Jane Avril. Promoters too often preferred to slap uninspired or badly lettered placards on walls and fences. But in the past six years, U.S. art lovers have become accustomed to seeing the works of Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner and Ben Shahn on posters boosting concerts, festivals and even the presidential campaign. Many of the best were inspired by a Connecticut grandmother and art collector named Vera List...
...Pope's suggestion that contraception leads to the degradation of women, noted Dr. Andre Hellegers, a professor of gynecology at Georgetown University, "was a gratuitous slap at Protestant wives." Mrs. Walter Campbell of Cambridge, Mass., a former president of the Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League, objected to the tone of the encyclical: "Why, in a subject that concerns marriage and the family, is this addressed to 'Venerable Brothers and Beloved Sons'? Where do the women come in?" More seriously, assailants of the encyclical were disturbed that it was a one-man decision reflecting a minority view within...