Word: detachedness
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A disproportionate amount of forgettable words at Moscone Center last month came not from politicians but from anchormen and their in-house pundits, whose views were already wearily familiar. (Among anchormen only David Brinkley with his wry sanity brought any verbal distinction.) Politicians can be corny, boring or strident, but...
While Mondale was on the phone to the also-rans, Ferraro slipped out a side door of the St. Francis Hotel and was whisked into a waiting car; Kyros jumped in a block away from his stakeout post in front of a department store. At Oakland Airport, they boarded a...
More than content, however. Greer's language and tone detract from Sex and Destiny. Germaine Greer is an intelligence and powerful writer who can not seem to stay detached enough to avoid occasional over emotionalizing and a holier than thou tone. All told, however, these lapses do not dominate the...
Nominee-apparent Walter Mondale will try to paint Reagan as dangerously detached, babbling happy talk while the storm gathers.
Finally, there is the "sleaze factor": Mondale aides claim that the Reaganauts have shown disregard for propriety, if not the rule of law. More than 30 Reagan appointees have been investigated for one thing or another. In sum, the Mondale staff depicts an incumbent who, while his policies fail and...