Word: vaines
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...people under the slogan: "everyone is entitled to know everything". But this is a false slogan, characteristic of a false era: people also have the right not to know, and it is a much more valuable one. The right not to have their divine souls stuffed with gossip. nonsense, vain talk. A person who works and leads a meaningful life does not need this excessive burdening flow of information...
...prevent the island nation from becoming "another Cuba." At that time the U.S. feared a Communist takeover and thought a victory by the P.R.D. and its leader, Juan Bosch, might lead to that end. Vance, then Deputy Secretary of Defense, was one of several U.S. officials who suggested in vain that Antonio Guzmán be installed as interim President in an effort to bring an end to the civil war that was then raging. When elections were finally held in 1966, Balaguer defeated Bosch and the P.R.D...
...slide would eventually be self-correcting. It would boost U.S. exports by making them cheaper, cut imports by making them more expensive, and thus lower the trade deficit; then the dollar would rise again. There are some signs that the Administration's faith may not be in vain. For example, Japanese imports now account for only 9% of all cars sold in the U.S., down from 14% in January; but their prices have risen so much that the benefit in dollar terms is not readily apparent. The trade deficit declined from a monthly record $4.5 billion in February...
Everywhere the cult of personality prevails. Some stiff-necked resistance comes from Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who argues for the public's right not to know, "not to have their divine souls stuffed with gossip, nonsense, vain talk." His own American experience illustrates the difference between gossip and "personality" journalism: though an authentic personality, Solzhenitsyn is allowed his right to privacy. There is less of journalistic prying now, even though gossip and gossip columning are still around. Gossip flourishes particularly in Washington, where political hypocrisy still lends savor to misbehavior. More familiar nowadays are volunteered surrenders of privacy. Celebrityhood lives...
...three-quarters queer, but I tried to persuade myself it was the other way round. That was my greatest mistake. It flattered me that Syrie should throw herself at my feet. She told me that she cared for me more than anyone else in the world ... I was so vain and stupid I believed her . . . But she ruined my life...