Word: fodder
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...perpetual state of imbalance, where he must constantly re-examine his own premises. Is the leading lady (Barbara Hershey) falling in love with him, or is she playing with him on cue? Is Cross really protecting him, or is he just a conveniently anonymous, expendable bit of cannon fodder in Cross's battle to make a masterpiece? Is the film-allegedly an antiwar tract-a serious enterprise or just a moviemaker's ego trip...
...draft must continue political efforts to stop its adoption, but resisting once a draft goes into effect may come too late. It is time now to warn the nation that we do not plan to be used as tools in one man's political campaign or as cannon fodder in a war that can claim no moral justification. If the unhappy day comes when a necessary and moral battle needs to be fought, we will volunteer. For today, we say resist...
...people worst hurt." Republicans agree, even though the Carter policies in question are the standard G.O.P. nostrums of curbing Government spending and encouraging the Federal Reserve to follow a tight-money policy. Says Republican National Committee Chairman William Brock: "Carter is consciously using human beings as cannon fodder in his war against inflation. We're going to take his hide off on that...
...draft, some of those opposed now feel, would actually encourage war: so much cannon fodder would surely tempt the Pentagon and President to swagger, and then to escalate and eventually drive in full plumage into Armageddon. But a contrary logic might just as easily apply: a broadly representative military drawn from every class, without the discrimination inherent in the AVF, would force the military to be more cautious, and sensitive to the democratic will...
Reagan himself attributes his slipshod practice to his years on the lecture circuit, when any newspaper story provided him with fodder. "Like any other speaker," he told a CBS interviewer, "I'd see something, and I'd say, 'Hey, that's great,' and use it." Others attribute Reagan's mistakes to poor staffing. Unlike other candidates, he has no well-organized "issues staff" producing accurate position papers or correcting errors. From his loose network of conservative consultants, he has had only two major briefings this year on domestic issues, the last one before...