Word: flipness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convey some of his grievances. Says William Kintner, former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and now a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania: "It sounds as if Carter never heard of the basic axiom that the art of diplomacy is consistency. His is a policy of flip-flops and zigzags...
Some of the U.S. Administration's most notable flip-flops...
...reversal, Saudi Arabia's state-controlled radio said acidly: "May God have mercy on his soul." The Kuwait daily Al-Anba called the President "a coward and a puppet in the hands of Israel." "Instant amateurism," snapped a British diplomat. A German colleague described the "incredible flip-flopping" as "intolerable...
Among the Democrats who want to succeed him, California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. deserves commendation for raising important issues and advancing interesting proposals; his record on energy is one of innovation and intelligence. But his inexperience and tendency towards opportunism--the notorious flip-flop on Proposition 13 being the most worrisome example--limit his attractiveness as a candidate...
...between Olson's second and third red-lighters, a Rick Benson drive from the left circle at 11:16 tied the score at four, and then Burke chalked one up, closing the Crimson scoring with a neat flip shot, unassisted...