Word: glib
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...brings this same insight and detachment to his encounters with the leaders of his new country. He admits that he enjoyed being seduced by John Kennedy but that he also saw in J.F.K. "signs of ruthlessness and the glib assumption of privilege." Grunwald never believed that Kennedy, had he lived, would have reversed the direction of American involvement in Vietnam, but, he adds, "part of me loved America loving Kennedy...
...also was a bit shocked by how glib all of the quotes in the article were. Do participants in this program really believe that riding in an ambulance is "playing in the street?" I understand how it can be an exciting and even enjoyable experience, but I am glad that I never had to be picked up by an ambulance carrying a Harvard student out for "a lot of fun" and "more trauma." --Emily Gregory...
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) knows that. He is a hot agent for Sports Management International--quick, glib and not given to deep thoughts. Still, one night at a corporate retreat, he drafts a manifesto--"The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business"--distributes it to his colleagues, receives a round of hypocritical applause and then gets fired. Thus is Jerry Maguire the film set in motion. Maguire leaves S.M.I. with one client, an undervalued wide receiver named Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and an accountant named Dorothy Boyd (the gently winsome Renee Zellweger...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I don't want to be glib, but I think in general, politics in the country...has become quite harsh and sometimes brutal. Debate is sharp, and people go after...
...childhood and adolescent acceptance, but his social life was also hampered by his glowing intellect: Clinton was just too smart to fit in. His only recourse was surely his personality, and what a personality it was. Recognizing this talent, Clinton developed at a young age his easy-going, affable, glib, hail-fellow-well-met attitude that has so characterized him for years...