Word: mannerize
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...hours later the President went on TV to deliver a speech that had been in preparation for weeks. His manner was somber and determined. The U.S. goal, he said, "is not the conquest of Iraq; it is the liberation of Kuwait." But in the process, he indicated, the anti-Iraq coalition would destroy the offensive military machine that made Iraq a menace to its neighbors. Said Bush: "We are determined to knock out Saddam Hussein's nuclear-bomb potential. We will also destroy his chemical-weapons facilities...
Rushdie uses original, surprising and often quirky language to tell this story. And he does not present the moral in a heavy-handed manner. Haroun's only flaw is the shallowness of its characters, who while amusing have no developed personalities...
Loving the Earth, on the other hand, is a bomber, simplistic to the point of being moronic. This book attempts to present information about the environment in a comprehensible and appealing manner. Unfortunately, it does so without telling a story. The result is a handbook for the budding environmentalist which is both uninteresting and condescending...
...general concern is that Operation Desert Storm is a really unfortunate example of an inability to use diplomacy in an effective manner," he said. "Personally I believe that everybody wants peace. It suggests to me a real breakdown in leadership down the board...
...publicized his crimes so that the world might unite and convince him to behave in a civilized manner. We prayed that justice would be restored through ethical confrontation. We fought for peace but, in the end, we failed...