Word: slurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
What was sad in the world he did not superficially gainsay; what was good in it he did not cynically slur; and all which was to him personally enjoyable, he gratefully took to his heart...
...Yellin of the Harvard golf team phoned The Crimson last night to announce in a happy drunken slur a Crimson victory over Penn and Columbia at Rockland Country Club, Sparkill, New York...
...petitions, which will be circulated today, take exception to any slur on the "teaching capacity and scholarly ability" of the men. They point out that Walsh's course on Labor Problems has grown in enrollment from 44 to 127, and that last year's students in Sweezy's course in Economic Theory approved the course so much that they voted to continue for another term with no extra credit. April...