Word: logorrhea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...precision instrument. And, like all such devices, it is alternately blunted and sharpened by its users. In 1978, many nicks and abrasions came from Washington. Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner of Education, admitted that he had been faking it: he actually pretended to understand memos. The confession was prompted by logorrhea in his own department: "This office's activities during the year were primarily continuing their primary functions of education of the people to acquaint them of their needs, problems and alternate problem solutions, in order that they can make wise decisions in planning and implementing a total program that...
...addiction can only get worse as the National Football League next year adds two more games to its regular-season schedule, and an additional play-off game as well. A new contract with ABC could mean Howard Cosell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday . . . terminal logorrhea. The most innovative aspect of the new regular-season scheduling is the matching of teams according to their standings at the end of the previous year. Thus, for example, the Los Angeles Rams, who finished atop the N.F.C. West this year, next fall will play the Pittsburgh Steelers, No. 1 in the A.F.C. Central. Second...
UNITED NATIONS The Planetary Spirit As the General Assembly of the United Nations settled down for its 26th session last week, the traditionally wide-ranging opening debate allowed almost everyone a chance to speak his mind on almost anything. Amid the logorrhea, the delegates were able to point to one U.N. achievement. From Geneva, representatives of 25 nations forwarded to the General Assembly a draft agreement to destroy germ weapons. The U.N. must approve the convention, and then the nations who sign it will have nine months to reduce their bacteriological arsenals...