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...Clintonophobia" is an abnormal condition that strikes many conservatives today and manifests itself in the classic four Ds of their politics: denial, delay, derision and division. Unable to bring substance to the pressing issues of the day, conservatives see in the Clintons their worst fear: an activist Administration with a progressive social agenda that won't retreat from its goals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Examining Clintonophobia | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C: (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give Ds. Consider C-a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sing the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole think boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: We're Not That Stupid | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C: (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give Ds. Consider C- a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 blue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: 'It is Time to Disillusion' | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...addition, economic chaos has fostered a sell-anything-you-can-get-your- han ds-on mentality in the Soviet military. It is only too possible that some commanders could peddle tactical nuclear arms to foreign governments or even terrorist gangs. Even now, says Vladlen Sirotikin, a Soviet historian and political columnist, "give me a million bucks, and I'll have a nuclear-tipped missile stolen for you and delivered anyplace you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Proliferation Soviet Nukes On the Loose | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...calm again. "My Viet Nam policy is the three Ds --determination, discussion, discretion. I don't want to drop one more bomb than I need to in Viet Nam. Caution is uppermost in my mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Lyndon Johnson's Personal Alamo | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

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