Word: masking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure, Bush sometimes acted as if he were secretly Buchanan's campaign manager. During the early months of the recession, Bush refused to even acknowledge that the country was suffering hard times. He made three hurried campaign swings in hard-hit New Hampshire but never attempted to mask the political expediency of his visits. Said he, with typical inelegance: "But the message -- I care." His deliberate attempts to mix with ordinary Americans seemed uncomfortable and awkward. Bush's poll numbers dropped every time he visited the state. Meanwhile, Buchanan exploited the President's decision to exclude a proposed $500 increase...
...that is by no means a sure thing. Strickland is in many respects the most interesting person in the book, a spectator whose outward cynicism may mask a hunger for the truth as avid, in its own way, as Browne's. The pleasure he takes in his debunking films seems tinged with bitterness, as if his quest for good, honorable people has once again been disappointed. Strickland thinks that his stammer prompts others to show him their worst sides: "His infirmity seemed to encourage people toward boasting and indiscretion. He had noticed it even as a child. It was they...
Wearing a snorkel and a mask, Kurzon led approximately 30 EAC members and supporters in picket lines and chants of "Hey, hey Cuomo, just say no. Hydro-Quebec...
...album's over-production is a damper, as well as a mask--the Dylans frequently lose ability to put out an upbeat, energetic sound behind its gimmicky sixties-style haze. Songs such as "Planet Love," "Sad Rush on Sunday," and "Love To" deliver memorable melodies, but can't deliver their true potential because of the distorted production...
Night puts a dark mask on this city's abandoned row houses, gutted factories and boarded shops, a failed cosmetic for a busted-up prizefighter of a town that crumpled along with its industries. The forces that flattened Camden may be the same ones that have pounded scores of other industrial centers throughout the Northeast in the past 20 years, but a particular sorrow attends the destruction here. Camden is a city of children; nearly half its population is under 21. This is a town that, with fewer than 100,000 residents, has more than 200 liquor stores and bars...