Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Post said the rally "was conducted in a fairlysober and sensible manner, except for some of thetone and color of the comments." One demonstrator,for example, told a Black club member he was"degrading himself as a Harvard student and as aBlack man," Post said...
Both Bush and Dukakis are responsible for the tenor of their campaigns. It is a beguiling fantasy that the next President will rise above the manner in which he won the election. But politics cannot be separated from governance, nor do sound bites stop at the Oval Office door. The ease with which Bush has skirted the boundaries of truth in the campaign remains troubling. Last week, while coasting on a comfortable lead, the Vice President felt compelled to charge that Dukakis' economic nostrums are "far outside the mainstream," and snidely hinted that they come closer to European-style socialism...
Like the metamorphosis of some ugly caterpillar that has been crawling in the dirt, a triumphant candidate should change his manner and mood. Particularly in this grungy year. The presidential election seems more than * ever to glorify and reward talents and passions that a President should lock away once on the job: anger, glibness, distortion, evasion, hostility and self-righteousness. Effective Presidents, for the most part, do not taunt and humiliate adversaries when conducting diplomacy or pursuing legislation. In war, yes, but war is a last resort. A President's task is to reconcile, to include. Hence, Richard Nixon...
...many people on both sides overcome the partisan feelings that have naturally arisen in the course of a long election campaign. I therefore urge everyone concerned to proceed in a positive spirit and to join in a creative effort to serve the needs of all our employees in a manner consistent with the mission of the University...
Roderick MacLeish, general counsel for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, said, "If the act was clearly done in a way which would disrupt the game, one could argue against it; but one has to see whether it was in accordance with reasonable considerations of time, place and manner. It seems to be something very compatible with a halftime show...