Word: vulgarisms
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...high-art ones (his pastiches of Picasso, Cezanne, Balla, Matisse and so on), he could wittily run variations on art-history classics without mocking the seriousness of his sources. He brought them down a bit, without malice, just as he raised the comics a bit, without condescension. He looked vulgar 35 years ago; today you see his dandy's taste almost before you see the painting...
Cursing, while vulgar by definition, is an activity not unfamiliar to even the most erudite on campus. To hold the police to a higher standard than we hold ourselves is hypocritical. At the same time, we would be forcing the police to be overly self-conscious about a non-issue. As for the question of handcuffs, the only threat police have at their disposal is that of arrest, and this threat of detention provides motivation for action...
...their father when they were children. Rose, who has breast cancer, has never forgotten his long-ago depredations, but they have been buried deep in Ginny's unconscious, from which her sister is determined to dig them out. All this is terribly up to date, "relevant" according to the vulgar standards set for us by the endlessly instructing voices of media shrinks...
With the death of a lovely if maddening princess, out it has all poured. Something, as the old song said, had to give, and perhaps this fantastic display of public grief, so vulgar in many ways, so unconvincing in others, has to it some spiritual element after all. Perhaps in their hearts--or so I hope--the British people see Diana as a fellow victim of degraded times, and have instinctively seized upon her death as the moment for a fresh start...
...show was G, for general audiences; PG, required parental guidance; 14, suitable for those 14 years of age or older; or M, suitable for mature audiences. The more recent ratings added to the age-group classifications the letters V, S, L, D and FV--to denote violence, sexual content, vulgar language, suggestive dialogue, and fantasy violence in certain cartoons--yet were still not considered safe enough. The newest ratings (examples below) will present so clear a picture of program content, said a TV-network president, "that very busy people will not have to watch the shows themselves...