Word: staid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...comes Jack Harnes, a Manhattan internist, who persuaded, the staid Journal of the American Medical Association to publish what may be the last word on the subject. In "The Foreskin Saga," Harnes puts the "debate" into perspective in a strikingly successful spoof of the ponderous,reports that usually appear in medical publications (among earlier titles of serious articles: "The Rape of the Phallus," "Penile Plunder"). Believing that the circumcision controversy is ludicrous and the sensual argument unprovable, Harnes merely concocted some insights and phony research...
There are better omens in the actions of clergymen like Houston's John Bisagno, even when they are uncertain of the full meaning and the life span of the Jesus revolution. Says Bisagno: "All I know is that kids are turning on to Jesus. My concern is that the staid, traditional churches will reject these kids and miss the most genuine revival of our lifetime." Canon Edward N. West of Manhattan's Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine has also made his church...
...flooded today with studies in radicalism of one kind or another that most of these exercises invariably find their way to the scrap heap. Not that they are all pat rhetoric, it's simply that no real market exists for them. The political mood of the country is so staid and complacent that there is little interest in critiques which forcefully challenge American society or even go so far as to suggest unorthodox remedies for the evil of the Indochina...
Dixie sticks in a few craws-particularly those of the 13 black cadets. Now that campus protest has become a commonplace, even such a staid institution as V.M.I. is susceptible. Black cadets, who were first admitted in 1968, do not appreciate the playing of what they term a "racist" song such as Dixie-even though they realize that it is an inseparable part of the ceremony...
...Professor Hall, HVD's advisor since its birth in 1949 (who will be leaving it at the end of this year), there is no paradox between HVD's activities and Harvard Law School's staid reputation as a training ground for future corporate lawyers. "Where do you think Ralph Nader went to school?" asked Hall...