Word: balderdash
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...Reagan Administration vigorously denied that it had played any part in the coup. A U.S. State Department official, responding to the charge that the U.S. and Enrile had plotted to overthrow Marcos, unleashed a single expletive that he later softened to "Balderdash...
...Lady: Well, I don't know how much of a future there is going to be, what with you boys' balderdash on disarmament and all, but sure, I'd love to help you young folks out. Order me a double vodka martini...
...floridly written political column entitled "Verities and Balderdash," he exhorted The Bremen Enquirer's readers to choose right over wrong, and, for that matter, Right over Left. Of Ronald Reagan, Elliott wrote in Spring 1981: "The President is a prophet of renewal in a nation that is losing its self-confidence...He is a prayerful man, and I think that he realizes that, while it's important, our renewal as a nation does not depend upon the state of our economy or the size of our purses, but instead it depends upon our inner selves, and upon our inner sense...
...Republican to a Democrat, who happened to have two relatives in the teachers' union. Small town politics set in. One week a disclaimer began appearing over Elliott's byline: "The opinions expressed in this column are not those of the editor." Gradually, the space allotted for "Verities and Balderdash" shrank, until finally, the editor cut it to 10 column inches. "That same week there was a 25-inch article on how to choose a toothbrush," he recalls, shaking his head in amusement. "I decided, 'Okay, fine, forget it," and he quit journalism...
...frozen delight" in Swedish (with an un-Swedish accent over the final e added for class), and the American owners made the unusual move of incorporating their company in Sweden. Their nectar is manufactured in Utica. Mattus took the non-Swedes to court for what amounted to infringement of balderdash, and his case was thrown out. The other newcomer is Alpen Zauber (German for "alpine magic"), a Brooklyn outfit that claims to be "inspired by the Swiss commitment to excellence ... Its select natural ingredients are a heritage of the lush valleys of farm lands where the finest dairy products...