Word: vulgarisms
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Whether MacFarlane’s speech will resemble the show’s content remains to be seen. After what some considered a vulgar Class Day speech by Sacha Baron Cohen—known by the stage name Ali G.—in 2004, concern about the content of Class Day speeches rose...
This led, predictably, to a kind of spiritual emptiness: restless, confused beings who sought crude material fulfillment. For Fitzgerald, the nouveau riche were vulgar and ostentatious, and the old aristocracy not much better. Though graceful, he found the latter bored (Jordan), shallow (Jordan, Daisy), or thick (Tom). All were confused; all were unhappy. The title then, is ironic, and the “great” refers less to reality than to Gatsby’s misguided ambitions, most of them unfulfilled...
Berlusconi compared himself with Jesus Christ, accused you of being a frontman for communists and used vulgar language to put down your supporters. How do you campaign against such a free-swinging opponent? You're doomed if you play his game. So we never responded to his insults. Still, his way of communicating and his attacks were successful. He scared a lot of people. His coalition lost, but his party remained Italy's largest...
...first interview since his victory was sealed, Prodi, 66, talked to Jeff Israely about why the U.S. has nothing to fear and how he plans on keeping his political allies in line. Berlusconi compared himself to Jesus Christ, accused you of being a "front man" and used vulgar language to put down your supporters. How do you campaign against such a free-swinging opponent? You're doomed if you play his game. So we never responded to his insults. Still, his way of communicating and his attacks were successful. He scared a lot of people. His coalition lost...
...disregard for Good Friday, but he added that the theme of the party would be inappropriate at any time of the year. Kavulla wrote an e-mail to the freshman deans expressing his disapproval. “My primary objection is that an event of this nature is always vulgar,” Kavulla, who is also a Crimson editor, said. “While the FYSC may be perfectly representative in appealing to the basest instincts of freshmen, they should aspire to greater things...