Word: manneredness
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Such virtues, however, come smothered in blather and blarney. Donleavy has always been among the most mannered of writers, and his habits increasingly seem designed as distractions. He constructs paragraphs as if the Irish government had imposed a tax on verbs. Words.
The Dodgers (yes Virginia, they played too) benefited from another exceptional performance from mild-mannered Don Sutton. Sutton, who is undefeated in post-season play, went seven strong innings before yielding to Lance Rautzhan. Rautzhan, who contrary to popular belief does not sell Oriental rugs in the off-season, was...
Byrd's friends say he does have strong views but prefers not to impose them directly on his colleagues. That leadership style is well suited to the Senate's new hunger for recognition as an efficient deliberative body. Neither a cajoling arm twister like Lyndon Johnson nor a...
The critique of the Communist Party's role in East German industry was tough and trenchant. "The indolence of the bureaucrat corresponds to the apathy of the worker, which, in turn, is matched by the disgust of the technical experts." The author was Rudolf Bahro, 42, a mild-mannered...
In the two months that he has been Israel's Premier, Menachem Begin has proved to be something of a puzzle to the Carter Administration-and to the Arabs as well. His Likud coalition barely squeaked into power in an upset election, and Begin, a mild-mannered former underground...