Word: tells
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conflict. I, too, feel that the war should be ended, but I also feel that the Senator, as a presidential candidate, has an obligation to logically support his stand. We know that war is immoral; this attribute is inherent in the meaning of the word. But could the Senator tell us why there is no political or economic or military justification for this war (as opposed to the "popular" wars in which the U.S. has been involved)? Could he logically deflate the theories which would tell us that victory in Viet Nam is essential to our national security...
...Hotel, where he also stayed, recall him as an obsessive racial bigot, an abrasive patron who belted screwdrivers, dozed on the bar stool and bickered with anyone around. Everyone at the Rabbit's Foot Club remembers Gait's big dispute. A young woman had the temerity to tell him that Negroes were "good people." This so enraged Gait that he grabbed her arm and hauled her to the door, shouting: "I'll drop you off in Watts and we'll see how you like it there!" When another customer followed, Gait fled...
Americans are growing more sophisticated in their musical tastes. However, there is still very little opera in this country, and I think we need new audiences at concerts. There is still too much division. I watch basketball, hockey, baseball, soccer, wrestling. Tell me, why shouldn't a wrestler or a hockey player go to a cello recital...
Horrid Little Man. Updike possesses uneven skill as a manipulator or impersonator of characters. For more than half the book it is virtually impossible tell the characters apart or to remember who is sleeping with whom except by drawing a chart. (The generous explanation is that this is not due to the author's lack of craftsmanship, but rather that it represents a deliberate attempt to show the dreary interchangeability of the adulterers.) The novel is seen largely through Piet's intelligence and sensibilities. Most of the other male characters are unreal, merely equipped with identifying jobs...
...guard against such abuses, the networks sent out memos after last summer's riots ordering reporters to "tell it like it is." As for the charge of overexposure of the black militants, CBS News President Richard Salant says: "Our test is not whether we approve of the event or agree with the individual, but whether it is legitimate news." But one man's "legitimate news" may be another's sensationalism-and vice versa...