Word: slings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Local politicians sling mud with such obvious disregard for the validity of their charges, that the interested citizen can usually gain only a dramatic diversion by following their activities. The latest explosion at City Hall, however, reaches much deeper than the usual headline-grabbing maneuver. In effect, it is a public announcement that all efforts at either implementing Urban Renewal or continuing planning work have for the moment ground to a halt...
Next day the test match continued, and Idris Beg faithfully turned up-with his arm in a sling-to umpire. Marylebone men blithely dismissed the night's adventure: "Just banter, old boy. Pure banter." But Pakistani students paraded in the streets shouting, "M.C.C., go back! Long live Idris Beg!" Police searched spectators for weapons, and stood guard over the visiting Englishmen during play...
TIME is neat, compact and well-written. But I think it dishonest of TIME to overplay modern art, and show such senile distortionalists and juvenile paint slingers. I do not question the right of any individual to be an expressionist, distortionalist or eggbeater-ist-to trickle, sling or spray paint. If these people find happiness, well and good. There may be a revolution in the art world, but there are others who rebel against being cultured, and wish to remain uncouth and unartistic...
...neatly toasted. The setting is India; the set is buna sahib; the time is mainly the '30s; the season is boredom. But at least two men and one woman think there is more to India than what can be seen through the bottom of a gin-sling glass...
...never heard of Emmett Till until a body was found in the river, just because you didn't like the verdict of the jury . . . Any Negro or white from anywhere in the world knows it is wrong to roll his eyes, whistle lewdly, make obscene remarks, and sling an innocent lady around as if she were a barmaid. Is it justice to make a hero of an immoral Negro? TIME could at least have the decency to disapprove of his actions and sympathize with his victim...