Word: copouts
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...Lown knows that Sakharov has been treated poorly. He knows (hopefully) that Soviet public opinion doesn't matter a damn. He's probably as well-informed (or better) on Soviet history and government than most Western political leaders. What Lown's detractors should concentrate on instead is the mental copout which Lown and millions like him in the West use every day to justify a dangerous misreading of the superpower rivalry...
Warner: I hate the word "experimental" Saying "avant-garde" is just a copout, either something works or it doesn...
Just because an administration which has copiously investigated the South African problem has correctly concluded that taking the Pontius Pilate approach of dumping its moral responsibility for its investments is a bald copout, that doesn't mean it somehow supports racist oppression...
...would make it unnecessary for the Salvadoran government to submit to American demands in public. At a dinner in Peoria, Ill., Shultz argued that it is impractical for the U.S. simply to cut off aid to those governments that abuse human rights. Said Shultz: "This to me is a copout; it seems more concerned with making us feel better than with having an impact on the situation we deplore...
...FIRST GLANCE. Laune Anderson's second album, Mister Heartbreak, seems like a copout. After all, what does an sustere musician like Anderson, who relies on the simple, minimalistic beauty of her melodies, need with such dense trendy musicians like Adrian Belew (who has worked with the Talking Heads ) and Nile Rodgers (who has worked with David Bowie)? And way is an overblown, self-conscious "artist" like Peter Gabriel collaborating and singing backup vocals on some of the songs...