Word: blunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lame duck session many observers predicted would achieve little more than passage of interim appropriation bills has produced a surprising volume of legislation, several heated procedural confrontations, and a blunt foreshadowing of the ascendency of the right on Capitol Hill...
...muscle to line up its boycott allies. It had plenty of leverage with the P.L.O., which not only has forces on Syrian territory but also depends on Syria to keep the peace in Lebanon, the Palestinians' main base of operations. According to participants in the negotiation, Assad was blunt with P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat. "Is it marriage or divorce?" he asked. Unwilling to risk a break with such an important ally, the P.L.O. sent its regrets with "sorrow." Lebanon was also compliant, recognizing that it would be thrown into chaos if Syria ever pulled...
...Generals and Majors," with its hummable hook and over-blunt satire, is the stuff of a hit single, "Living Through Another Cuba" is the single best song the impending hostilities have yet inspired. A rising-and-falling arpeggio of treated guitar and human wailing leads into an over-heated, pseudosalsa beat, as Andy Partridge half-talks the lyrics...
...Jordan's presence underscored, the late-night meeting involved both politics and policy. How could Carter appear as statesmanlike as possible in his response to the Majlis vole and thus blunt the inevitable criticism that his Administration was manipulating the hostage crisis to increase the President's chances of re-election:? How could he at the same time be presidential, political and humane? It was an exquisite dilemma. As one Carter aide was to put it the next day, "They've sure...
Falwell's attack is characteristically blunt. But it suggests how hot the struggle is, how profoundly it involves not only political means but religious ends, and how likely it is to continue long after the present presidential campaign...