Word: limpness
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...hope--in fact, reasonable expectation--that these adjustments can be made, that the United States can have a foreign policy other than shouting "Black!" when the Soviets shout "White!", that diplomatic initiative can be recaptured in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Mr. Nixon, by contrast, can offer nothing but limp defenses of Eisenhower mistakes, extravagant postures ("We shall not yield an inch of the area of freedom") and misleading claims ("There were 11 dictators in Latin America when we came in; now there are only three...I call that progress...
Either Doris Lessing's much proclaimed vision has tired and gone limp, or, it has been overrated from the start. With over a dozen books behind her, ranging from poetry and reportage to novel upon novel, the author of the last collection of stories might as well be begging posterity to forget her. These stories are a rehash--which only the most avid of her fans could call a refinement--of her standard motifs; menopausing women, middle aged socialism, dislocation in London, eccentricity fading into conformity, the last gasp...
...suited for bouncing along through the countryside. "Cravin' Your Love," a slow number, is perhaps the best cut on the album, simply because it abandons the café atmosphere for a fuller sound closer to rock and roll. "Tutti Frutti" and "Rop It Up," on the other hand, emerge limp after Cody's tenderizing treatment...
...dead. In a prelude to last week's rioting, the U.D.A. buried with its own form of full military honors two young Protestants who had been killed by British army vehicles. According to the U.D.A. one of the victims, a 26-year-old man with a limp, had been chased by a Saracen personnel carrier and deliberately crushed against the side of a house; the other, a 15-year-old boy, had been trapped and run over by a Land-Rover. According to the army, on the other hand, both had been accidentally hit during a riot...
...knows? This may well be the election year that local politicos get the lever, but presidential candidates wind up with the limp lip. It just might happen...