Word: harrumphing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Civil libertarians harrumph about "electronic sweatshops," and the AFL-CIO aims to prove that the law violates Illinois' bill of rights, which guards against "interceptions of communications by eavesdropping devices." Meantime, smart workers might do best to stew in silence. Grrrr...
...better make sure abortion remains safe and legal." Given that Murphy Brown was pregnant, what did Quayle expect her to do? Have an abortion? Her decision to go ahead and have the child was in harmony with the Administration's pro-life convictions. Why criticize her then? Harrumph: she should never have got pregnant in the first place. Or, more pertinently: the creators of the program should not have concocted the pregnancy dilemma for Murphy, thereby making her ultimate choice seem like a legitimizing and glamourizing of single motherhood...
...answer to that question is a resounding "absolutely" from fans and a resonant harrumph from keepers of the flame. Spectators in Albertville have been cheering for the newcomer sports, in part because several French competitors have been medalists or contenders. But elsewhere, TV viewers have been granted only modest exposure and minimal instruction. What they have been most likely to sense is an aura of novelty and rebellion...
...just see them sitting there, when Hill's charges first came to their attention, stroking their chins and clearing their throats. Well, he didn't actually touch her. (Harrumph, harrumph.) She waited all this time. (Shifting in seats.) She seems to have kept in touch with him for years afterward. (Rolling of eyes.) Pretty vague anyway, this sex-harassment business: one woman's "harassment" could be another one's turn-on. (Snickers and elbowings...
...vote for a single parliament later this year was just the latest reminder that from now on, there will be German answers to the German question in all its complex and troubling dimensions. The four wartime Allies that crushed the Third Reich in 1945 can still consult, negotiate and harrumph to their hearts' content, but they cannot dictate on any matter. That includes the most sensitive and controversial of all: whether a united and fully sovereign Germany will eventually become a nuclear power...