Word: high-flown
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...last hours of the debate over NAFTA, many stirring words were spoken about free trade, open borders and America's courageous march into the future. Some of the most high-flown oratory was uttered by Representatives who once opposed the agreement but obtained Administration promises of a better deal and quite suddenly changed their minds. If you went by the rhetoric of the Florida delegation, for example, you would quickly conclude that many of those who switched sides did so because of their ideals -- and that they were unswayed by the White House offer of greater protection for citrus, sugar...
...BOTTOM LINE: High-flown themes and high-risk theatricality are brought off with fierce conviction...
Harmon has a mission almost as high-flown. He said he sees the convention as an opportunity for showing people that politics can be positive. Politics, Harmon said, are "a way to really change things...
...MOST DANGEROUS aspect of the high-flown rhetoric of those who dismiss others as "politically correct" lies in the power of their language--specifically in the power of two words that have been perverted and tossed around, sometimes carelessly, most of the time connivingly, at the expense of understanding and justice for all. The two words--"objective" and "political"--have become the most dangerous weapons yet of the "politically incorrect," what those who oppose any challenge to the status quo would call themselves...
...premise of the play shows obvious promise, but there is a problem: while On the Verge makes for pleasant reading, the dialogue in the context of performance is so "pithy" and high-flown that it quite often floats over our heads. There is no question that Overmyer means to celebrate language for its own sake (he says so in the notes to the play), but this linguistic festival often comes at the expense of the audience's understanding...