Morley Safer (1931-2016) Tribute List

"60 Minutes" correspondent Morley Safer died on May 19, 2016 of pneumonia at the age of 84. Safer originally gained fame for his reports from Vietnam, but he became a television personality when he joined "60 Minutes" in 1970. Safer profiled things that interested him, often taking viewers into the art world or profiling the powerful. Here are ten vocabulary words from quotes from Morley Safer, including a taste of the honest, opinionated reporting which endeared him to so many.
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  1. disarming
    capable of allaying hostility
    It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.
  2. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
    Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.
  3. manipulative
    skillful in influencing others to one's own advantage
    Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.
  4. curio
    something unusual, maybe worthy of collecting
    Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.
  5. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
    After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.
  6. sully
    make dirty or spotty
    I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.
  7. eccentricity
    strange and unconventional behavior
    BBC Radio is not so much an art or industry as it is a way of life . . . a mirror that reflects . . . the eccentricities, the looniness that make Britons slightly different from other humans.
  8. arrogance
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
    Arrogance and snobbism live in adjoining rooms and use a common currency.
  9. induce
    cause to arise
    The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.
  10. defective
    having a flaw
    What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?
Created on 五月 19, 2016 (updated 五月 20, 2016)

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