Word: emo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ATTEMPTING TO understand Emo Philips is like trying to rob Fort Knox--you may not get all of the gold, but even a little goes a long way. This three-time veteran of Late Night with David Letterman is at once a childlike, offbeat comedian and a political commentator, a philosopher and a celebrity...
...exact opposite of Haig. Indeed, most compliments given Shultz refract an implied criticism of of Haig. Haig. "Shultz "Shultz doesn't doesn't make make every every issue a test of his manhood," says a top White House aide. Whereas the former four-star general was flamboyant, emo tional and highly charged, Shultz, a com bat captain in the Marines who became an academic, is calm, collegial and reflective. His stolid demeanor seems more suited to absorb the bureaucratic shocks than Haig's thin skin. Says a senior State Department official: "Haig's style...
...News President Van Gordon Sauter believes that the apparent disparity in treatment between print and TV is deliberate. Says he: "There have been some compelling word pieces about the devastation in Beirut, but the Israelis know that words, however eloquent, lack the emo tional impact of pictures of people grabbing at stones and clearing rubble to find a human leg." Another explanation: most print reporters in Beirut can file directly to their newspapers in the U.S., over standard international telex lines, without going through Israeli authorities...