Word: expressionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed it has. Historically, Italian bureaucrats have given special meaning to the old expression dolce far niente (it is pleasant to do nothing). Absenteeism was rampant, feigned illness a way of life. In many cases, civil servants who did show up for work arrived late and left early.
"THERE YOU go again. "That catchy expression sealed Jimmy Carter's fate in 1980, as his Republican opponent skillfully used it to spotlight the incumbent's evasiveness and misrepresentation. Now, it seems. Ronald Reagan's clever turn of phrase has come back to haunt him. Last week's presidential press...
A. We agreed in 1978 to the removal of discrimination, and the constitutional proposals again contain that, so we could not really object to it now. I don't think you have any concept of the jump that had to be taken here. It was a giant leap with...
That portion of affection and generosity is being toasted with a self-congratulatory high visibility these days. The condition also beguiles with a spray of mad moonlight and a whiff of tidal air. The latest expression of the baby boomers echoes in the surfeit of blossoming tummies, tired legs and...
That doesn't sound so much like horror or anarchy or even the insides of the horror, the causes of it. It sounds more like studied expression, a bit of stylized rhetoric and not a real indication of where the problem lies. Possibly Bellow intends to convey the impotence of...