Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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House Speaker Tip O'Neill asked Mike Mansfield, the former Senate majority leader now serving as U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo, to deliver a blunt message to the Japanese: "They better make some concessions or they're in trouble." Some legislators grew positively bellicose. "We are in a war," declared Democratic Congressman Beryl Anthony of Arkansas. "After this passes we're going to have to load the gun and put some real bullets in it." Editorialized the New York Times: "The Japan-bashers are on the march...
Kirkpatrick, 58, was considered a rising Republican star even before the switch. In four years at the U.N. she became known for her strongly anti- Marxist views and unapologetic willingness to use U.S. clout. Her academic credentials (tenure at Georgetown University, four books) and blunt rhetoric made her a hit on the lecture circuit and TV interview shows. She was the sensation of last summer's Republican National Convention in Dallas, where her attack on Democrats who "always blame America first" evoked a cheering response that all but brought the roof down. Says Terry Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative...
Women's styles currently tend to taper close to the nape of the neck with close sides and a fuller crown. "A lot of people like to see their ears now," says Michael DiBlasi owner of Michael's Hair Design at 1105 Mass. Ave. Layered chin-length bobs blunt cuts (where all the hair is cut the same length), and wispy bangs...
Although the soft feminine look achieved by the bobs, blunt cuts and bangs is classic, with the hair coming forward to the face, the look for the future is more finished or sculpted-especially with the aid of hair bodifers styling gels, glazes, mousses and lotions Hair stylists mix these into your hair while it's wet, making the hair more manageable for for shaping and separation...
...criticisms have been accompanied by some blunt pressure. AFL-CIO officials warned that the labor federation might reduce its support of Democratic congressional candidates if the council was formed. Later, the 28- member California Democratic House delegation caucused and, says a participant, "virtually ordered" California Congressman Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to stay out of the group...