Word: contrivedness
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Dallas still contrived to separate all protest from the delegates. Delegates were asked not to walk to the convention center, but to take special buses because there was supposedly no way to guarantee safety. And the designated "special event area" for ACORN's Monday morning rally at the convention center...
To millions watching the evening news, such were the images of the traditional Labor Day launching of the 1984 presidential campaign. So stark were the contrasts between the two campaigns that they almost seemed contrived, a TV producer's artifice. They were not. Rarely has one candidate set out...
Despite such contrived attempts at editorial balance, the spectrum among columnists does seem more brightly colored on the right. The dwindling band of liberal columnists, the liveliest of whom is Mary McGrory, frequently write like glum recyclers of views no longer in vogue. Right-wingers are apt to be more...
"It breaks my heart to suggest this," Safire continued, "but the time has come for Ms." The Times did not agree. Safire's editors took the unusual step of inserting a box into his column, in which they dismissed Ms. as "business-letter coinage" that is "too contrived for...
We can tell far less about who PS really is but this contrast too reflects one of the film's messages. PS has not yet been given any opportunity to find himself. Although the ending is a bit contrived, we want to believe that he has gained at least some...