Word: crackpotisms
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Does the world comply? Absolutely. For all their crackpot self-indulgences, the big spenders ought to be razzed off the earth. Instead, the world takes them to its heart, which brings us back to the why. Perhaps because we find them sad, the way a huge child can be sad-frightening because of its unnatural size, but essentially sad nonetheless. It is not that the rich are any sadder than the rest of us, of course, but that they are so surprised at finding themselves sad at all. It is not that they are any more bored than the rest...
...that square-dance and cannibalism among rats in overcrowded cages. While some of the reality shows are going strong, others are suffering from TV's penchant for overexploiting a popular idea. After four weeks, CBS last month dropped No Holds Barred, billed as a comedy series highlighting the "crackpot side of modern life" through the "oddball characters that make America unique." That's My Line, a remake of the game-show classic What's My Line?, also fizzled...
...biggest reason this plan reflects a crackpot mind is that while "50-50" sounds cute, it may end up bankrupting the SS system and depriving the elderly. How does John Anderson know that a 50-cent tax will produce the exact same revenue in dollar terms to match a 50-per-cent reduction in taxes? Given the editors' ability to quote absolutely opposite predictions on how much gas use would drop with a higher price, even the economists could not make it balance. The SS system is already shaky, and only the unfortunate elderly folk would bear the burden...
...islands glitter with bright, swooping birds, whose local names are often as colorful as their plumage: the sugarbird or bananaquit; eight varieties of tern, one known as kill-'em-Polly; five endemic warblers, one called Betsey-kick-up or Mary-shake-well; the common stilt or crackpot soldier; the mangrove cuckoo or 4 o'clock bird; the magnificent frigate, and the brown pelican, with its beak holding more than its belican...
...have shown us in only one dimension. It is my contention that for every "bomb designed" you will find a potential solution to an energy problem; for every "crackpot" you will find a good friend; for every "racial slur" you will find a rewarding cultural exchange; for every high school "loadie" you will find a National Merit Scholar; for every teen-age beer bust you will find a complete absence of major crime; and for every "psychologically abused child" you will find many who are hugged like Teddy bears...