Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...talking about President Truman's annual message to Congress on the State of the Union: His summary was correct. Standing in the congealed political atmosphere of the reassembled 80th Congress, Harry Truman had carefully spelled out in his dry, flat voice the Democratic campaign platform...
...there was any doubt about his political intent, it was exploded by one big switch in his political philosophy. After having twice vetoed Republican tax-cut bills, the President suddenly offered a tax-reduction plan of his own. He proposed a flat $40 tax cut for every taxpayer (and each dependent), to be balanced by in creased corporation rates (from 38% to approximately 50%). The President's plan would not change the total of existing revenues. But it would give some tax relief to low-income taxpayers (who vote), and take it out of the hides of corporations...
...integrity and dignity of the big soldier-diplomat dominated the marble caucus room. George Marshall was, as always, firm but courteous, patient and persuasive. His flat monotone carried a note of determination...
...made the list with two piano sonatas, the Moonlight and Pathétique, neither of which rates tops with highbrow critics. Pianist José Iturbi led the single record best-sellers with Debussy's Clair de Lune and a firm version of Chopin's much-mutilated A-Flat Polonaise...
When, in his later novels, he tried to achieve a more objective and disciplined mode of expression, his writing fell flat. Restraint was not for him. The attempt to cut away his faults inevitably meant a destruction of his virtues; both poured from the same volcanic source...