Word: hefted
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...never excuse settlement of disputes by other than peaceful means." The same cautious message was conveyed to Saddam in a letter from the President and in public statements. Officials maintain the signal was meant to stop any aggression, but by then Saddam needed a stick with the heft of a two-by-four: a direct warning of U.S. military intervention. Even so bald a threat might not have deterred him, but it was never issued. American, European and Arab leaders just did not believe he would invade and had not begun to contemplate what they would do in response...
...heft, but does he have the vision...
Though only 31, Brown has stature among devoted conservatives that almost matches his physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.). A onetime officer of Young Americans for Freedom, Brown in 1988 served as field director for Bob Dole in the Midwestern states, where the Kansas Senator beat Bush. That won him good marks as an organizer, particularly among younger right-wing populists who still view Bush as too moderate...
...enunciate programmatic solutions), last Wednesday sought to keep the flap alive by suggesting a Sister Souljah summit at which Jackson, Clinton and Souljah would "reconcile the situation" for "the sake of the country." Someone "has to sit them down," said the slam-dunking Cuomo, who quickly feigned lack of heft for the mediator's job. "I don't have the stature or the role," said Cuomo, who governs a state with the largest number of people outside Israel who understand the word chutzpah. "I'm just one of 50 Governors. I'm one of many, many Democrats...
...negativism," Eugene McCarthy agreed with Agnew's critique but disagreed with his right to say it. Authentic advocacy requires standing, McCarthy argued, especially in politics, where any fool can speak and every fool does. If record and reputation defy one's rhetoric, even the right talk fails the heft test. The same standard applies to the current Vice President. It is not that Dan Quayle's family-values sermon missed the mark; much of what he said was right. It is that Quayle represents an Administration that has only rarely supported the programs that actually promote strong families -- everything from...