Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been said that women invite attack by the way they dress, or by leading men on and then withholding their favors. This may be true. But did you ever get an invitation that you couldn't turn down? Whatever the girl did, the man's crime is no less horrendous than if she were the epitome of virtue...
...insist on his view of adequate verification." If so, Rosalynn Carter's rebuke may have been a serious blunder because Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, is emerging as a substantial figure in the SALT debate. His fierce feelings about the important issue of verification might turn him against the treaty, despite his basic support for arms control. This would be a serious blow to the treaty in the Senate, where chances of obtaining the two-thirds vote required for ratification are very uncertain. Just last week Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker said he was "leaning against...
Television is attempting a Deer Hunter of its own: Friendly Fire, an ABC made-for-TV movie based on C.D.B. Bryan's 1976 nonfiction book (April 22, 8 p.m.). Carol Burnett and Ned Beatty play an Iowa farm couple who turn against the war when their son is killed by an errant U.S. artillery round in Viet Nam. As their anger grows more obsessive, they gradually alienate their lifelong friends and even their own family. In Bryan's book, the process is deeply moving, but the TV version is cluttered with cliches and civics lessons. The best...
...Labor fiefdom in Scotland's troubled industrial heartland. Claiming that his Labor government had "directly created and protected" 1.2 million jobs, he declared: "There is not a single part of the United Kingdom that would not suffer from the Conservative policy of cutting the jobs program. They would turn Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and many regions of England into deserts of unemployment...
...think that the troubles will just go away is to live deluded, and McGuire was saying last night that we have to beware of the compromise ethic that brings not only delusion, but frustration. Both McGuire and Fish are products of avoiding such compromises; it is our turn to judge if we can live with such extremes...