Word: blusterous
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...Despite his carefully controlled veneer when discussing matters important to him, Allison is "in a fundamental way, a regular guy," according to Jackson. And his style has never been to shun controversy. In fact, he often seems to attract it, at times betraying more than a trace of bluster. If Allison displays many characteristics associated with the "consummate bureaucrat," he also has a streak of maverick individualism, sometimes, he concedes, to a fault...
...present stances--the ones enunciated repeatedly here, strikingly in the realm of economic policy and anti-Soviet policy--he may wind up tied to programs that would severely hinder any sort of progress toward resolving long-term dilemmas. Of course, much of the rhetoric spouted this week is bluster, and the delegate selection process tends naturally to send loyal hardliners as representatives to a convention. But beneath the bluster must be some indication that Reagan will govern effectively if elected, with an eye cocked to the wishes and interests of all Americans. And some signs that the moderate viewpoint will...
...bluster of the "peace offensive," it is unlikely that Moscow will be willing to make the major concessions, such as accepting a truly neutral Afghanistan, that would be necessary to give detente new life. The Soviets argue that it is up to Washington to demonstrate its commitment to better relations by, among other things, ratifying SALT II, calling off the boycott campaign against the Moscow Olympics and reversing the decision to deploy medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe...
...them do seem to care about the difference. Others will be misinterpreted as if they were careless of academic freedom. Though the academic classes usually prefer distinguish to inventing, this problem seems to overtax their capacity for distinction. We should not expose ourselves to repeated occasions for disagreement, bluster, and bitterness over something that is fundamental to us in exchange for something that contributes almost nothing to our basic endeavor as a university. It's a matter of common sense. So, once again, Harvard should get rid of HIID and get out of world politics...
...personally and mercifully tied up with the small things and the individual people he meets at whatever level, from the street to the throne, that he cannot act when the larger realities of the world require him to risk lives and fortunes. For all the President's bluster and fuss over three years, he has not taken a single real step across that Rubicon of power, where there is risk, where the solution lies in moving determinedly ahead with no lines of retreat to the old comfortable campground of the status...