Word: spats
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...education, politics, society, religion and the Enlightenment itself. He quickly became estranged from many former friends, and soon after persecuted by the authorities. After his 1762 critique of religion in “Emile” he fled first to Switzerland, then to Britain, and then, after a bizarre spat with David Hume, back to Paris—where he now lies in the crypt of the Pantheon.In choosing to present rather than to judge Rousseau’s character, Damrosch effectively frees the reader from judging. People who have heard of Rousseau sometimes feel compelled to stake...
...disaster genre. Writer-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (who later profitably spoofed cops in their Police Squad TV show and Naked Gun movie series) set the tone for a generation of movie silliness. Their coolest inspiration: casting "serious" actors, like Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves, who spat out the ludicrous dialogue in flawless deadpan. Bridges: "Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue." Graves (to young boy): "Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison...
...Bobbitts Before their little spat made headlines, John and Lorena Bobbitt were just another unglamorous couple with a lot to work out. But on a June night -- after, Lorena later claimed, John had raped her -- she cut off his penis. The organ was surgically reattached, and all's well that ends in media bewitchment: John, acquitted of the rape, appears as a jovial guest on the Howard Stern Show, while Lorena, whose case is still pending, has become something of a feminist folk hero...
...this “Dream Team” was short-lived. West decamped to Princeton after a very public spat with University President Lawrence H. Summers in 2002, and Appiah, who had announced his resignation before West did, accompanied him. Then, last year, Tishman Professor Lawrence D. Bobo left for Stanford with his wife, Professor Marcyliena Morgan, after Summers denied her tenure. Professor Gwendolyn Du Bois Shaw, meanwhile, left to be a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Finally, after Professor Michael C. Dawson returned to the University of Chicago this fall, the bloodletting was over...
...simmering dispute between Abdullah's predecessor and one of his most senior cabinet ministers could be a bellwether of his commitment to reform. Mahathir and Rafidah Aziz, the International Trade and Industry Minister, are engaged in a very public spat over thousands of permits issued by her ministry to import cars. The ex-PM says the permit holders are circumventing heavy tariffs aimed at propping up the country's automobile industry, crippling Proton, the national car company he set up while in office. Mahathir has also noted that the largest recipient of import permits is a former senior official...