Word: witting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...School Sociologist Ernest van den Haag says, "Public relations can seduce, but it cannot rape." What is often most troubling is that p.r. can place a kind of shield between the public and reality. It creates the feeling that smiles are not quite real, laughter not quite spontaneous, wit not quite unrehearsed, praise or blame not quite from the heart, elegance not quite instinctive, courage not quite brave and virtue not quite clean. The best p.r. men know the danger. They also know how and when to get out of the way and just let life happen. More...
...Chicago on a five-count indictment charging them with various conspiracies. The presiding judge was Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who, according to Wobbly John Reed, had "the face of Andrew Jackson three years dead." The accused were found guilty and their sentences ran up to 35 years' imprisonment. Wobbly wit flickered a last time when Ben Fletcher, the only Negro defendant, cracked: "Judge Landis has been using bad English today-his sentences are too long...
...anonymity and a dull, if cultured, public speaking voice, Kosygin emphasizes moderation and maintenance of peace. He is a widower-his wife Klavdia died of cancer last month-and has a married daughter, Liudmila Gvishiani. For all his drab public façade, Kosygin is capable of sharp, dry wit. On a visit to Britain last February, while dining with Tory Leader Ted Heath, he observed: "It is less fun to be in opposition in some countries than in others...
...Shahn, D.A., painter. Pathos, protest, wit and wisdom shape this lively artist's telling work...
...posters, was unveiled at the Pasadena Art Museum in April, opens at the Minneapolis Walker Art Center this week. Then half the works will move on to Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, to be joined by Lichtensteins owned in Europe. As the exhibit illustrates, high craftsmanship and an uncommon wit are his hallmarks, for the show abounds with humorous and satirical jabs at painters past and present (see color opposite...