Word: fallutin
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...first, I suspected that "fuzzy math'' simply meant "inaccurate numbers.'' But Bush flatly refused to replace Gore's fuzzy numbers by clean-shaven ones of his own, so eventually this idea began to seem untenable. Then, for awhile, I concluded that "fuzzy math'' was code for "high-fallutin' Washington-style use of numbers instead of words.'' But I was also unable to hold on to this belief for too long, because Bush himself cited plenty of numbers as the evening progressed...
...Kids will come in here and put their feet up on the chair. That's been the secret--it never went high fallutin...
Isadora finally summons the guts to run off on an existential experiment with Adrian, which she fails, and royally. "I realize more than ever how unliberated I am. All my high-fallutin' rebelliousness is only a reaction to my deep-down servility." Adrian disappointed her in love, while she had, knowing better, placed a magical efficacy in the word. She hightails it back to monogamy and files him away in her note-book, readying herself for work once again. And here's the key. Having made a mess of her life, only through her work can she piece it back...
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