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...country's most promising liberal pols. If one manages to wade through pages of irrelevant detail--lots of short, simple sentences, topped off by the gee-whiz exclamation point--one will find a clearer definition of the Democratic raison d'etre than any offered up by milquetoast Walter F. Mondale...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Connect-the-Dot Politics | 6/6/1984 | See Source »

...reason is that unlike the milquetoast trash being turned out by British trendies, electronic funk is intensive, even more so than its less sophisticated predecessors. That's because rappers have used synthesized instruments to augment and vary the beat, rather than circumvent...

Author: By Michael W. Huschorn, | Title: Funkmatized | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

Though friends say that the Private Eye satires make Denis seem more of a Milquetoast than he is, they have sometimes been so closely drawn that Thatcher aides suspected a spy on the premises. Denis' own opinions, quirks and quips are remarkably similar to those thought up by Wells and Ingrams. When asked at the start of Mrs. Thatcher's tour of the Far East last year if he would be wearing any particular hat, Denis shot back, "No hat, just my usual place half a step behind." Another time, commenting on his role in helping his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Gentleman | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

...Susan's husband, Herrmann makes a proper and a touching saint out of a Milquetoast. But no one could fully compete with Kate Nelligan. She steals the evening and puts it in her purse. This Canadian-born actress makes a coruscating New York debut. Her moods are mercurial, and her stage presence is formidable. In this vehicle of trenchant thought, wry polemics and caustic wit, she is the powerful engine of internal combustion. -By T.E. Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Lost Valor | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...synthesizer, Joel shows his desperation for relevance by trying to conjure up vivid, fresh images. After commenting on how "we played our Doors tapes" which shows that he saw Apocalypse Now before creating this song. Joel dramatically declares. "And it was dark, so dark at night." Adhering to milquetoast pop style, the song even lacks a political or emotional stand: "And who was wrong? And who was right...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: A Musical Obituary | 10/16/1982 | See Source »

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