Word: maximalism
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WASHINGTON--Lt. Col. Oliver North was portrayed to his trial jury yesterday as "the Joe Isuzu of government" who followed Hitler's maxim that "the victor will never be asked if he told the truth...
...have a parliamentary system, which is why Presidents are always calling for bipartisanship, President Bush's favorite postelection mantra. But bipartisanship must mean more than Congress always giving in to the President's wishes. "The duty of an opposition," a hoary British political maxim has it, "is to oppose." When the opposition controls an equal branch of Government, opposition is a duty that can be pursued gaily and without remorse...
Scolds complain that the Government is paralyzed, but bipartisanship means more than giving in to the President. The old maxim remains true: The duty of an opposition is to oppose...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Fortunately, Harvard places a higher priority on subsidizing the education of the student who cannot afford to attend this University or any other than on cleaning Mr. Yoo's "stinking bathroom." Like the Harvard-Radcliffe Fund, we agree that the familiar Marxist-Leninist maxim, "...each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," applies quite well to Harvard-Radlcliffe's admissions policy...
...latest of these follows the time-honored maxim that you can sell anything to Americans if you can convince them that it will make them more sexually appealing. The most recent series of magazine ads shows a pair of beautiful men or women discussing the attractive aspects of their newest romantic prospect, especially his or her taste in scotch...