Word: utterings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NOTION THAT MUSIC AND CINEMA are responsible for the meltdown of U.S. society is utter nonsense; moreover, this red herring is perpetuated by venal politicians to pre-empt any serious examination of sensitive issues. America is ailing and in denial. Chief among the many ills exacerbating our sick spirit is bogus puritanism. Ill-minded men wed to this pernicious folly inhibit us from ordaining reasonable policies regarding sex, drugs, violent crime, taxes, the military and foreign policy. Tully Atkinson San Clemente, California...
...AIDS, drug abuse, violent crime--are now intermingled and tainted by the perversity and appetite for sensationalism that characterize mass media's "news magazine" shows, talk show-freak show circuses and even print media. An entire industry of grotesque entertainment glorifies radical hedonism and an utter lack of respect for others. All of this alienates the individual from his human context, exacerbating the sense of removal from reality that infects so many young people...
...lips, like, "Father dear, I'm so proud of you." Then there are the gaps in credibility. It's very interesting that Sara managed to spend her interesting that Sara managed to spend her formative years in British India without seeing poverty or encountering racial prejudice. Her utter naivete when encountering these things in New York is ridiculous...
...dead turkey seems in mourning for itself, painted mostly in black, its pink head-the sole patch of bright color-propped up against a dark brown basket that is painted with utter virtuosity, one stroke for every crescent of wicker. To see such passages (others are the lacy scribbles of wet black paint that define the soft body feathers) is to realize why Goya's ability to summon up a single form with a single gesture, fusing the brush mark to the form depicted, was such an inspiration to Edouard Manet half a century later. The stiffness of death...
...President Clinton's first Defense secretary, died Sunday night after suffering a massive stroke.TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonremembers Aspin as gifted and idiosyncratic -- a "perfect idea man" who flourished during a long and controversial tenure as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. But as Defense secretary, Aspin's utter absorption in minutiae and his rumpled, professorial style did him in. "He was consumed by his work, and it ultimately proved his downfall," Thompson says. "He was not a manager, and that was really unfortunate, because he had a lot of good things to say. Among Democratic lawmakers...