Word: glibness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...movie Frost is deeply indebted to the parodists' image. He's a man who has a smile for every crisis, a glib deflection of every insult. The main character change in the film is when Frost stops trying to seduce Nixon and starts quizzing him like a prosecutor. On the shows he hosted in Britain, the U.S. and Australia, Frost could certainly be toothy and unctuous. But as the actual interviews show, Frost's demeanor was skeptical. He never looks frightened or abashed, just focused on getting the goods. When he lays out the three declarations of guilt he wants...
...Biden is tops in my book, and I tire of seeing glib swipes at him because journalists think the public enjoys reading them [Nov. 10]. Biden has given tremendous service to this country and to the world. His life has been eventful--sometimes unfathomably painful--and he always gets up. He is a treasure. Noralee Bauthues Stewart, FAIR OAKS, CALIF...
...Potter gets naked! That's the sell line for Broadway's revival of Peter Shaffer's 1973 drama, which runs through February. Happily, as the stable boy accused of mutilating horses, Daniel Radcliffe shows off not just his private parts but also his acting chops, and the play, though glib, is still a dazzler...
...fever pitch after Obama's European trip and the Berlin speech in which he called for global unity. Conservative Christian author Hal Lindsey declared in an essay on WorldNetDaily, "Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him - a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib ... The Bible calls that leader the Antichrist. And it seems apparent that the world is now ready to make his acquaintance." The conservative website RedState.com now sells mugs and T shirts that sport a large "O" with horns and the words "The Anti-Christ" underneath...
...work fast, sharpen their voices and cut costs, are increasingly making news blog-style, through argument and controversy. Certainly, the mainstream press is still the chief source of straight news. But that hasn't had nearly as much impact as the punditry (analysts burying Clinton before New Hampshire), glib remarks (Fox News calling Michelle Obama Barack's "baby mama") and opinion (Keith Olbermann's tirades against Clinton). The debates drew millions of viewers and reaffirmed TV's reach. But can you remember any substantive questions from them as much as the back-and-forth about "likability...