Word: vulgarisms
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...assistants in the missionary field, in line with their interests and abilities. According to the Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship, which announced the Vatican plan, the new rite is "a mark of esteem for women whose dignity is sometimes offended in our society, which is often dominated by vulgar hedonism...
...John Fairchild's wife Jill admits that she did not like the long skirt for the longest time. "But Johnny kept bringing me things," she says, "indoctrinating and brainwashing, and now I think it looks pretty and the short skirt just a little cheap and vulgar...
...arrogant and downright vulgar can our Government and its agencies get? Snooping into the private life of great political figures like Dr. Martin Luther King [Aug. 17] is the limit. And as if this were not enough, J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI seems to have attempted blackmail. It is time, indeed, that someone seeks relief in court from Mr. Hoover's disdain for other people's privacy...
...brand of popular vulgar theater was burlesque, which nurtured many distinguished clowns and comedians, including W.C. Fields, Bert Lahr, Bobby Clark and Buster Keaton. In recent seasons, vulgar theater has again emerged in both the best and the worst senses, with nudity, simulated sexual acts and the unfettered use of four-letter words. Hair, Che and Oh! Calcutta! belong to this group, as does the latest entry, The Dirtiest Show in Town. Those who deplore these shows regard them as the flagrant commercial exploitation of filth. That attitude is far too simple; when three out of the top four...
...biographies of writers, W.H. Auden has said, "are always superfluous and usually in bad taste. A writer is a maker, not a man of action. His private life is, or should be, of no concern to anybody except himself, his family and his friends." Accordingly, in place of any vulgar chronicle of his life, Auden is offering this wise and diverting annotated anthology...