Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever Harvard's motives, its lobbying style has apparently irritated many congressional aides. One aide described lobbying as "extraordinarily aggressive...
Knew all the while, though it was my style...
...more profit-oriented terms, to the detriment of editorial standards. The extent to which commercial motives influence contents varies from publication to publication. A prime offender is Time, once devoted to politics and the arts, which over the years has reserved more and more space to articles on life-style, personalities, commercial glamour and sexual mores--all of which sell magazines. It is hard to think of the writing in Time as much more than a mass product, so thoroughly has it been standardized and diluted by its editorial grist mill. Even The New York Times has initiated Living, Arts...
Allen's reputation never recovered from the Bay of Pigs, and he died in 1969. Some of the guests at his funeral noticed that the Presbyterian minister's eulogy soared to heights he had never reached before, in a style he had never used before. There was an explanation: the sermon was written...
Harvard was never able to harass the Lions' deliberate, patterned offense sufficiently. "They handle the ball well and we had to adjust to their style of play," McLaughlin said. Cy Booker led the cagers with 12 points, while Brian Banks chipped in 10. Bob Hooft scored 11 points but rode the pine most of the second half. Playmaker Fine, after being tapped for last week's All-ECAC team, failed to score...