Word: glib
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...after obtaining a federalcourt order, members, of the Irish-American Gay,Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston (GLIB)marched in the parade...
James M. Kelly, president of the Boston CityCouncil and a South Boston resident, said theparade's purpose is to celebrate Irish heritageand culture, and not to further the goals ofgroups such as GLIB...
...mayor wants to ruin a Boston tradition,so be it. But I wouldn't want that on myconscience," he said. GLIB members agreed that theparade will lose some of its luster, not becauseof the missing fire trucks and colorful policeunits, but because of its discriminatory stance...
...watching Newt, Bob, Orrin, Jesse, Alfonse and the rest of Satan's motley crew make their glib, self-satisfied speeches this week, I am now convinced that "diabolical" is too kind a word to describe the New Congressional Order. Perhaps ex-President Bush's "thousand points of light" have come to refer to the remaining true Democrats amidst the all-encompassing night of Republicanism -- tiny candle-flames providing only a little illumination in the face of so much darkness...
...people who will suffer are our kids." Behind all is the question of what will be the driving motive: Improving schools or improving E.A.I.'s bottom line? "This whole business about it being a win-win situation, that they can serve their customers and profit as well, is too glib," charges Alex Molnar, education professor at the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee, who argues that schools are inherently unprofitable...