Word: verbalization
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...that Christopher Skes has written what will remain for the foreseeable future the definitive biography of Evelyn Waugh, it is clear that Waugh falls into the disinvited category. The man was a social sadist; he drove a war cripple into psychoanalysis in the course of a single weekend by verbal brutalization. Waugh knew it himself. "Without supernatural aid," he said, "I would hardly be a human being...
Marquand, however, says that in his years of experience dealing with cheating cases, the most common method employed has been verbal or written exchange in the exam room while the examination itself was in progress...
Early in the week, Moynihan got into a short but sharp verbal tussle with his Russian counterpart. The admission of the P.L.O. delegation, Moynihan protested, showed a "totalitarian" disregard for due process that threatened to turn the U.N. into "an empty shell." Soviet Ambassador Yakov Malik replied: "I agree with the professor, who lectured us that totalitarianism is a terrible thing indeed. But no less terrible is gangsterism." Moynihan had the last, somewhat heavy word: "Totalitarianism is bad, gangsterism is worse, but capitulationism is the worst...
...Administration's response to Chou's death was a verbal sign of the importance Washington attaches to Sino-American relations and, by indirection, of the hopes it has that Teng will continue Chou's policies. President Ford called Chou "a remarkable leader who has left his imprint not only on the history of modern China but also on the world scene...
...there" look at August 8, 1945, in Peace Square. Sort of a mixture of War Games and Last Year at Marienbad--a wordless, one-night love affair takes place against the background of documentary footage of Hiroshima. Resnais is not being profound or fascinating in a verbal way, but the film has deep pull, like a strong undertow. It will always be "One million degrees in Peace Square...