Word: easiest
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...pronoun it becomes one when employed to report, say, that somebody has what it takes. So does the preposition in when used to establish, perhaps, that zucchini quiche is in this year: used just so, in all but sweats with class bias. The emotion-heavy words that are easiest to spot are epithets and endearments: blockhead, scumbum, heel, sweetheart, darling, great human being and the like. All such terms are so full of prejudice and sentiment that S.I. Hayakawa, a semanticist before he became California's U.S. Senator, calls them "snarl-words and purr-words...
...three papal excursions, the Fatima visit was by far the easiest to decide. For some time the Pope has wanted to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to give thanks for his recovery from the attempted assassination of last May 13-the 64th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin at Fatima...
...heart of rock were pretty much the same. In 1982 the commercial center and the soul of the music are different. It's no accident that these bland, faceless groups with no defined image, no personality, no boldness have the largest-selling albums. They're the easiest to sell...
Certainly they are the easiest to get on the radio-"AC" radio, that is, music biz vernacular for "adult contemporary" stations, whose regimented play lists have turned Fogerty's song for everyone into ditties for anyone. On the '60s Top 40 radio, it was possible to hear Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, the Beatles, the Four Tops and Bob Dylan all in the space of an hour. Nowadays, says Neil Bogart, president of Boardwalk Entertainment Co., "they play music for the 14-to-18 audience, the 30-to-35, the 50-to-60, or for white, black, chicano...
...Crimson squad made an innumerable number of turnovers. The easiest baskets didn't fall through the hoop--even the many layup opportunities turned out to be worthless...