Word: ironclad
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Split second decisions are the name of the game and mindless impartiality is an ironclad rule. Mendy Rudolph, the former chief of NBA officials turned television commentator, says "Blow with reckless abandon and let the chips fall where they...
Orally, Verbally. Editors at other papers also find that feminism and profanity create stylistic headaches, but few have adopted ironclad rules to relieve them. The Chicago Tribune- uses Ms. if a woman requests it, as does the Louisville Courier-Journal. The Minneapolis Tribune quotes profanity if it is essential for either "meaning and impact" or an accurate description of a speaker's outlook. Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Director Anthony Day crusades against the repeated misuse of certain words (verbally for orally or vice versa, hopefully for one hopes) but goes along with some neologisms. "Part of what keeps...
Your speculation that the soaps might be regarded as heirs to the 18th century picaresque romantic novel or to Defoe's Moll Flanders defies belief. Samuel Richardson-author of Pamela and Clarissa-has an ironclad patent on the myths and psychological devices of today's soaps...
...group of liberal reformer politicians have banded together to offer Cambridge residents a clear-cut alternative to the independents. That alternative, the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, includes an ironclad platform provision for the retention of rent control...
...eight proposals before various congressional committees would require the Governor to give ironclad assurances that the city would balance its budget within three years. The guaranteed bonds would be taxable and, if the city and state defaulted, would be paid out of their allotment of future federal revenue sharing. Declared Rohatyn: "We're not asking for a handout. Taxpayers elsewhere are not going to be penalized. Quite the opposite; if a federal guarantee is available, other cities will be vaccinated against the virus that has weakened...