Word: clever
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...free himself from the harmful political consequences of his economic measures. At the same news conference, Reagan indicated he supports in principle a burgeoning grassroots movement to ratify a 27th constitutional amendment that would require a balanced federal budget. Proponents expect the President's formal endorsement this spring. That clever tactic would allow the President and his Capitol Hill adherents to proclaim their support for balanced budgets on the 1982 campaign trail--while pushing through what will prove the largest federal deficit in history...
...borrowers be thwarted? There are attempts. Some hopefuls glue EX LIBRIS stickers to the inside covers (clever drawings of animals wearing glasses, and so forth)-as if the presence of Latin and the imprint of a name were so formidable as to reverse a motor reflex. It never works. One might try slipping false jackets on one's books-a cover for The Secret Agent disguising Utility Rates in Ottawa: A Woman's View. But book borrowers are merely despicable, not stupid; they tend to leaf before they pluck. Besides, the interesting thing about the feeling of loss...
...past three Pudding scores--has produced a most tuneful score, with just the right mix of dance numbers, love songs (of sorts) and punny quickies. Maybe I am going deaf, but I heard--and I suspect this to be true for others--only a few of those clever lyrics...
...THERE YOU go again. "That catchy expression sealed Jimmy Carter's fate in 1980, as his Republican opponent skillfully used it to spotlight the incumbent's evasiveness and misrepresentation. Now, it seems. Ronald Reagan's clever turn of phrase has come back to haunt him. Last week's presidential press conference was only the most recent case in point...
...create needs rather than merely satisfy them. We enjoy the affluence for much the same reason as we welcome the inventive. Both phenomena mirror our self-image as we like it best--well-groomed and creative. Like the beggar watching someone else speed by in a limousine, the clever device prompts an "I could have done that" response. If creativity is the human ability to see pattern in chaos, the cube restores our flagging hope in our own imagination as it distracts us from an untidy world...