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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-31, Page 22Page 8 -Crossroads --Oct. 31, 1984 C R 0 $ W 0 R D S ACROSS 1. Ali or Marci- ana, for short: slang 6. Pulverize 11. - estate, fief 12. Actor, Edward Everett - 14. N. Y. city 15. Inborn 16. Fissure 17. Transgressions 19. In favor of 20. Turf 21. Lab burner 22. N. C. college 23. Hair style 24. Allen and Astaire 25. University heads 28. Cali the -, give orders 29. Grande rnd de Janeiro 30. Falls behind 31. Poker stake 32. Baden-Baden, for one 36. TV's Mr. Carney 36. African plant 37. Attention - getting sound 38. Flexible 40. Amend; alter 42. Shade of brown 43. Prevents 44. Organic compound 46. Carefree ad- ventures DOWN 1. Member of the string section 2 Papp; moist 3. Nine entrance 4. Deface 5. Modern spbati- tute for glass or metal 6. Fine dinner- ware 7. Nessen and Ely 8. Vase 9. Office imple- ment 10. "Souped up" cars: 2 wds. (slang) 11. Actor Parker 13. Bright lights 18. Dante's - 21. Long periods of time 22. Greek godyof love 23. Jaguars, and others 24. Ice mass 25. Hapless Mas- ter Brown 26. Renders virtually helpless 27. Verbatim 28. Smacking blows 31. Church part 32. Avoid, as duty 33. Nuisances 34. Iowa city 36. Mrs. Mark Phillips 37. Swear 39. Picnic pest 41. A Gabor The judiciary has had an open season on the news media recently and although I think this process is healthy, I also think enough is enough. The sniping'was heavy in St. John's at the end of September- when the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges was in annual convention. At a session on television cov- erage, many of the assembled judges delivered themselves of the opinion that TV news reports of trials are too often sen- sational or inaccurate. TV newsmen' .were having another go at Their Honors about getting television cameras into courtrooms, along with notebooks and ballpoint pens. One of the industry's spokesmen made the great mistake of arguing that cameras should be allowed into courtrooms as a matter of simple justice. The broad- caster made the point that if newspaper reporters are allowed to go into court- rooms with the instruments of their craft, we ought to be allowed to go in with ours. Aha, said one of the learned men in convention, but news- papers also disort court stories, • so the argument of equal access for television doesn't hold up. The judge in question did not, of course, go on to suggest that the pen -and - notebook brigade should also be barred from courtrooms. That would have been the logical extension of the argument and it would have also been just, hardly, one would have hoped, alien con- cepts in that setting. I agree with the „Judges' estimate that reporters sometimes screw things up. So, with some frequency, do judges. But I take issue with their suggestion that reporters often sensation- alize because newspapers and television stations are primarily concerned with making money. The truth is that if profit were the only motive, there wouldn't be a television newsroom in the country. News is an ex- pensive business, and in- creasingly thankless. I find it mildly astonishing that a' group of judges would level charges of this kind against news people at a time when they might well have been giving their un- divided attention to the Grange inquiry. The pre- cedents established by that inquiry are so undesirable in my view that it should not have been dignified by news coverage of any kind. And yet the inhabitants of this particular -glass house have been busy chucking rocks at a time when it would have been infinitely more prudent to throw nothing heavier than sponges. , S S J. All'Jll31 U U A V a V 3 N J N s a 3 13 S 35 1A ,L li©V I 'I d W 3 H V aril V .L U U V d S HI S O V 'I SO© SIOHS SUOnIl DN HD S a 3 U3 3. I 03 N O 'I 3 V N J, 3 00 011d SNIS 1 I I S 3 1 V N N Q V U I W 'I 3 NOIUOH 'I V a n 3 3 H SQU J VIVHOJ Shirley Whittington Something for everyone from the Royalpurse For one brief moment re- cently, ..the Royal purse was more than a fine feather lunch pail slung across Queen Elizabeth's wrist. In Sudbury, the Queen of Eng- land pursed her lips. She was getting set to say goodbye to Prince Philip who was re- turning to London to burp the new grandbaby. Her Royal Highness was to remain in the land of the Maple Leaf for another stupefying week of speeches, dinners, ' floral tributes, walkabouts and official openings. That much -photographed Royal kiss was almost per- functory in its coolness. The Queen continued to hug her umbrella. The Prince avoided smearing her make - Restrained though it was, such openly human be- haviour in Royals is rare. Everybody knows the Queen and her family do not kiss, blow their noses, bleed, get pimples or smell odd. Ever. On the other hand, we common mortals in the Do- minion have adopted public kissing as a mark of our` ever -advancing civilization. You can see this on any talk show. The handshake, the bicep squeeze and the flight- ly kiss are the ritualized pre- lude to mindless nightly natterings. Talk show kissie-kissie is child's play compared to the carnivorous kisses one sees in current movies. Here, the kisser and the kissee appear to be sim`ultaneously chewing on a shared wad of Double Bouble. This gum - grinding indicates the kissers are into a Serious Re- lationship. On the other hand, talk show kissing is as silly as confetti and means nothing more than a mutually shared desire for infectious mononucleosis. The grainy imprint of lip- stick on a cheek or chin is the cliche trademark of a kiss. Sometimes that telltale print speaks volumes. I'rn think- ing of a thick little kid in one Mainstream Canada Newton's Law and politics By Tony Carlson When the apple fell on Newton's head it produced, along with a bump, a flash of insight that earned him undying fame. But the illumination which followed is not strictly limited to the world of physics. Take for example, his third law of motion (still in effect) that for every ac- tion there'is an equal and op- posite reaction, In politics too, there is a reaction for every action of government, butits strength and direction are seldom predictable. Hence the caution with which the new Conservative government is settling into office. To be fair, however, the Tories have acted decisively in some areas. For example, the plug was swiftly inserted into two black holes which between them have sucked more than $60 -million out of the public purse. Taxpayers took a bath in the Sports Pool which was losing $L5 -million a week. And the Canadian Unity In- formation Office employed 80 people to create propa- ganda at a cost of $16.5 - million a year. These boondoggles will not be missed except by the bureaucrats who called them home away from home. SALE • and EXHIBITION ��cSpinnings'dWeav1ng Demonstrations in Spinning & Weaving at THE RIVER MILL, BENMILLER 5 miles east of Goderich Sat., Nov 3, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sun., Nov. 4, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Huron Tract Spinners & Weavers Guild Handmade Christmas Gifts & Demonstrations But in other areas, caution has been the watchword, which is not, in itself, a bad thing. The federal spending and hiring freeze, although temporary, should allow the new cabinet, most of which is new to Parliament Hill, time to get the lay of the land. And although the prime minister moved quickly to set up a task force to ex- amine departmental spending, he has given its leader, Erik Nielson, six months to diagnose areas where a little fiscal nip and tuck might be prescribed. In Finance, Michael Wil- son has amended his pre- election promise of an econ- omic statement and a budget before Christmas, realizing the need to do a little more looking before leaping. Likewise with plans for the Foreign Investment Review Agency and the National Energy Policy. In short, the Conservatives are making haste slowly, probably with good reason. They will not have that luxury for long. There are issues bubbling close to the surface now which will de- mand attention as soon as the government moves out of its adjustment phase: the post office troubles, the deficit, the mess in unem- ployment insurance. There are also broader concerns in these times of structural economic change, brave new policies needed to put venture capital into the hands of those who are fueling the growth - smaller firms. Difficult times demand tough decisions. And the government, with its massive mandate, must be prepared to eventually make those commitments and then let the apples bounce where they may. of the first classes 1 ever taught. Sullen, with dull eyes placed close together, he seemed to me unloveable. Yet one day he returned to school after lunch with a lip - print of Wild Strawberry on his sallow cheek. That loving smear changed the way 1 thought about him. Some- body loved him, and showed it. People kiss babies a lot. Their cheeks are so sweet and soft, their heads so warmly downy that few adults can resist imprinting them with a zillion bacteria. (Imagine for a moment that you are a baby. You are lying in your perambulator, minding your own business. Suddenly the light is blotted out by a huge adult head which looms ever closer, with pursed lips, vile breath and gooey nonsense syllables. You cannot escape. Is it any wonder babies cry?) It is hard to find any rules about kissing. I looked in my 1952 book of etiquette and found the following? "It is usual to (briefly) kiss our relatives or close friends in public - Senseless public kissing should be discour- aged. If a man does greet a woman in public with a kiss, he must remove his hat en- tirely." Never mind the hat. What about the glasses? It's really embarassing when your bi- focals get all tangled up with someone else's. Last week an old and dear friend came to see us and whooped, "Take off your glasses, Shirl, and let's have a real kiss ! " Now there's a practical naan. As a nation we need some definitive resource material on kissing. Here you are then. Let's start with a lexicon. Kiss: (1) A touch or press with the lips. (2) A sweet- meat made off beaten egg whites and sugar. (Put me down for number one.) Osculation: A word that means kissing but is no longer used because doesn't rhyme with miss. It is also a rotten name for a rock group. Peck: A pre -metric :word for kiss. Peck perfectly describes the dry salutations indulged in by aunts wearing hats. Pecks are passionless. Buss: A kiss given or re- ceived just before or after a journey. Students get school busses; travellers get air- port busses. (A blunderbuss is a kiss in the dark.) Smooch: An odious word usually employed by people who think it is cute when their dog kisses them on the mouth. The rules for kissing in Ca- nada are too complex for this essay, but these short notes may help. Nobody should have to kiss anybody he or she doesn't want to. This is especially true for little kids and four- teen -year-old boys. Those who are prone to press kisses upon defense- less babies would do well to transfer their affections to older, more spirited individ- uals. When in doubt about whether to kiss or not to kiss, pucker up anyway. If the po- tential kissee looks wary, you can start to whistle and the pucker won't be wasted. If a hatted aunt ap- proaches with a peck, KISS her. I hope the Queen of Canada (and all the other pink parts of the world map) carries on kissing. As far as Prince Philip is concerned, I can't see how she can resist. I al- ways thought he was adorable. Death stops: hair The belief that hair con- tinues to grow after death is unfounded. As the corpse's skin driesand shrilnk It >M9 expose a millimeter or : t> 4 of the hair that was just below the surface.' CORRECTION NOTICE in the Shoppers Drug Mart Moneysaver flyer that ; appeared as a supplement to this newspaper on' Wednesday, October 24, 1984, the advertised price of $4.25 for the two pan Revlon Custom Eyes Compact and $4.75 for the 3 pan Custom Eyes Compact relates to the 'compact only. Eye shadow pans are available at a price of $2.95 each with the purchase of a Custom Eyes Com- pact. A bonus pan (refill) is available at no added charge by using the instant store coupon on the compact - package. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this error may have caused our customers. 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