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Haig's letter of resignation was the epitome of bad taste. He implied that the foreign policy of the U.S. is going to hell in a handbasket. Haig is and has been arrogant and petulant, both as an Army general and as Secretary of State. He resigned in a most unpatriotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 26, 1982 | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...live in perilous times--or at least splayed ones. It's not so much that things are going to hell in a handbasket; it's more that they're meandering about sniffing in garbage cans. Paulene Kael came up with at least eight great lines during the 1970s, and one of them was: "Unless you're feeble minded, as you get older you can see that the odds get worse...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Chivalry | 8/4/1981 | See Source »

...With the world going to hell in a handbasket what with overpopulation, air pollution, water pollution, the destruction of natural resources, war, racial hatred and famine, some clown had to invent -and invest millions in-ads that smell. As if they don't anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 9, 1970 | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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