Word: slurrings
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Years ago, when radio serials were somewhat thin, actors were told to speak in "soap count," a half-step tempo. Thus many characters slur their speech, which suggests a speech impediment or drunkenness. The latter should never be discounted; social drinking seems moderate, but alcoholism now rates as soapland's top personal problem...
...close an American air base. By tempering Greek associations with NATO he strengthened his domestic standing, as the U.S. is unpopular in Greece. Kissinger is despised for his support of repressive regimes in Greece. Chile, Vietnam, Cyprus...and Vice President Rockefeller is ridiculed, at least since his foolish slur in response to a serious question. When asked how he would feel if he were Greek and Turkey used U.S. supplied weapons against him, he answered...
...steadier head about both this and his harrowing work in The Blue Angel in remembering his Nazi complicity. The happy tail tacked on to The Last Laugh was apparently a specifically comtemptuous stab at American film tastes. It is almost impossible not to be elated despite the fantastic slur...
...smell of smoke from rampant fires in the dry woods and the relaxing physiological effect of the warmth following the previous cold snap all contribute to the distinctive and romantic stereotype of Indian Summer that has been cherished by generations of Americans." This is offensive? This is a slur on the Indian people? This shows "sneakiness...
...same number in proportion to population as the U.S. But too many are deskbound and inefficient. As Paris' Le Monde recently observed in an editorial, "Italy is the only country besides Tibet in which it is impossible to communicate through a postal service." Le Monde's slur was unfair-to Tibet, which can get an airmail letter to New York by yak, truck and plane a week faster than young Getty's ear reached Rome...