Word: high-falutin
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...criticism to hurl, but almost all of it was directed at George Bush. Amongst themselves, there was only the occasional, indirect jab. Everyone knew that former North Carolina Senator John Edwards was referring to Illinois Senator Barack Obama when he said that on health care: "Rhetoric's not enough. High-falutin' language is not enough." Edwards is the only candidate in the race to have put forward a detailed health care plan; Obama has talked about the issue as a moral imperative demanding bold action, but hasn't offered any. Asked whether Senator Hillary Clinton should apologize...
Before I go any further, let me attempt to defend myself against the catcalls of hypocrisy that are sure to follow this piece. Yes, to procure this very column I had to submit a ten-page application that involved a good deal of high-falutin babble. This was, of course, on top of the editorial "comp" process that took me two semesters to complete because I wasn't hardcore enough to get it done...
...record, FM does not endorse final clubs, societies of arts and letters, high-falutin' literary magazines or travel guides despite what our resumes...
...water. When I was driven around Amman by my host family's father, he pointed to a little boy in the street, playing in the runoff sewer water, as a dramatic explanation of Jordanian pessimism concerning the peace process. How can we, the Jordanian people, be optimistic about some high-falutin peace between kings and prime ministers when we do not have enough water to drink, to grow and to prosper...
...integrity questions are here," Reeves said. "It seems to me that some of us here have very high-falutin' views of ourselves...