Word: blather
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Courage" should be more than an anchorman's blather...
Most of the Secretary's address was confined to the kind of ethnocentric blather that we have come to expect from this Administration. Bennett called for a return to fundamentals in education and basing classes on the core values of Western civilization. The Secretary also harped on the importance of self-discipline and a drug-free campus. His allegations were poingantly Reaganesque, well formed with appropriate anecdotes, yet totally lacking a systematic or considered basis that might have lent them any credence...
Whoever wins power at the polls must shift gears to guide this nation. The transition from politics to governing gets more difficult with each election. We love the blather and boast, the charge and countercharge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal. A President must level, yield and plead. He must take action and then assume responsibility. The army of technocrats who run campaigns doesn't want to give up the raucous joy of the hustings. The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat...
With half a dozen politicians jockeying for the position of Democratic contender to the throne, each man has to distinguish himself, to keep from blurring with the blather of the bunch. It is no secret that Gary Hart wants to stake out the territory of "thinking man's liberal," the one who carefully examines issues and courageously gives detailed answers, who is not afraid to reject the slogans of the past to create the solutions for the future. He is the only one who at this early stage has published a book, and A New Democracy A Democratic, Vision...
...FINAL TOUCH Timerman tosses into his salad is the house dressing of pseudo-intellectual speak. The finest example of this blather comes when Timerman is discussing with a friend of his from Buenos Aires the friend's plans for emigrating to Israel. Drawing a parallel with Camus' Stranger. Timerman remarks when his friend tells him his mother was Christian...