Word: bombastics
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...justified. It is morally wrong and politically counterproductive. Violence destroys the atmosphere of trust that is necessary to create a climate in which negotiation, compromise and reconciliation can be achieved. There are two ways we can move from the present position: either we can escalate the killing by bombast and bombs, or we can discuss the problem together, seeking an agreed upon compromise. NOEL P. WEATHERHEAD, Secretary Tullamore Interfaith Group Tullamore, Ireland...
Hyman is forward-looking, and has set the College's weakling student government on a path of meaningful convalescence. There has been a notable lack of scandal and bombast--in its stead, Hyman's administration has been characterized by a low-key, steady build-up of student confidence in and respect for what had been Harvard's most buffoonish comedy of ego and intrigue. Old memories--of offices being broken into, funds illegally transferred and blackmail documents melodramatically exposed at panel discussions--are starting to fade into the dim background buzz of history...
...years. Once again, it is our sincerest hope that the council, reinvigorated under its new leadership, will work with humility and with earnestness to slowly build its legitimacy and credibility through a series of small successes. We hope that the new leadership will stay far away from the perennial bombast of big promises and silly circuses that has characterized our glorified dance committee for ages...
...course which will radically alter the meaning and the power of the council in the long run. They may not reap the glory today, but sometime in the future new generations will look upon them as the brave men and women who put an end to the bombast and just got down to business...
...council simply does not have any real power on campus, aside from the power to stage Gala Balls with our money. It is a glorified, over-funded dance committee that seems to attract a disproportionate share of campus scandal and bombast. If we're at all interested in reforming the council, then we should start by working hard to gain the confidence of its main constituents--the students--by building on a series of small and ever-larger successes...