Word: hopelessness
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...Beavis Generation's way of thinking, my friends and I are hopeless saps. We twentysomethings, overindulged products of the late 60s and early 70s (when the birth rate sagged) are far too weighted down by the powerful and populous Baby Boomer Generation...
Carswell's further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grades" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable," will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, antiacademic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile...
...Democrats' side, we have Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56, a stereotype in himself. No public figure has been saturated by more sorts of controversy without ever suffering major consequences. (But perhaps you thought that Kennedy had a legitimate shot at the presidency, you hopeless romantic.) Don't expect anything except kind coddling and approval from our Massachusetts...
...easy to say, on egalitarian grounds, people should do their own dirty work instead of hiring someone else. Not only is this a hopeless goal in an era when few households have a spouse that stays at home full time. It also overlooks the basic morality of free-market exchange: people work because they need the money, and denying them that opportunity in the name of equality is doing them no favor...
...never arrived at a firm concept of what kind of Yugoslavia it wants to see emerge from the wreckage of war. In the past, the Administration has been willing to agree to anything the Serbs, Muslims and Croats might all be pushed into accepting. That now looks like a hopeless effort, and Clinton will have to do better before he announces -- and wins support for -- the next chapter in his Bosnian policy. "The strong options depend on only one person," said a State Department official. The President does not need any more briefings or position papers...