Word: hogwash
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some critics call him a slick promoter and his ideas superficial hogwash. To this, Sandra Hillman, director of promotion and tourism for recently resurrected Baltimore, replies: "So what? The urban environment needs some high-pressure salesmanship. Partners and McNulty have managed to meld preservation with commercial revival. They've raised the sights of some myopic arts groups, and most important, they have turned on a lot of people." -By Wolf Von Eckardt...
...been too soft on the Kremlin. He said U.S. lack of response ,to Moscow's sup port of Ethiopia in its war with Somalia in 1978 may have prevented Senate ratification of the SALT II treaty. Said Brzezinski: "SALT lies buried in the sands of Ogaden." Retorted Vance: "Hogwash...
...even when presented with the NLRB's election policy, Harden maintains that "that's a lot of hogwash." Apparently, Cotrell and Leonard chooses to interpret the law in its own fashion. Another incident is typical of the manner in which Cotrell and Leonard has managed--or mismanaged--the entire dispute: The working employees of the company, organized under Harden's personal secretary, began counter-picketting against the striking workers in early March. Although Harden and his secretary, June McPhail, insist company officials had nothing to do with the counter-activity, the NLRB found this development sufficient grounds for yet another...
...Hogwash...
...gasoline? Hogwash. What we need is a $1-per-gal. tax, applied at the retail level only, with the resulting revenues directed exclusively toward development of mass transit and new energy sources...