Word: glibness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Irritating though such glib sentiments might be to a vanquished rival--and there are many in Silicon Valley who would just love to see something nasty happen to Microsoft and Intel, if only for the change of pace--such bluster hardly constitutes proof of illegal behavior. "I don't think there's any question that the suit is a negotiating ploy," says Mercury Research analyst Mike Feibus. The current industry wisdom is that Digital's aim is to gain an out-of-court settlement that would give it a foothold in Intel's fortunes--either a cross-licensing agreement granting...
...into office almost wholly without practice in the real business of government. His energies in public life were spent crafting an image and smoothly making arguments for or against policies, but not formulating them. He never mastered strategy, only shifting tactics. In command of a telegenic appearance and a glib tongue, he figured his rhetoric could explain away his mistakes...
...spite of one glib reply ("Answer: Eat a ham sandwich under a bridge Thursdays between 4-4:30. Women will come."), one restroom visitor took the time to consider the question at length...
...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...