Word: overblown
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Nevertheless, many such criticisms of Communist China are valuable in deflating the overblown Western image of the mainland's usefulness. Consider, for example, the claim that the communists intend the West no good. Recent ultra-nationalist sloganeering about Hong Kong and Taiwan has in fact flourished. The implementation of the new constitution has shown the moderate Deng Xiaoping's power to far from uncontested--and in the struggle after his inevitable removal or death, domestic concerns could render all predictions of a "pragmatic" foreign policy worthless. The communists have not brought stability to China. Domestically, in 35 years they have...
Some critics argue that the nation's growing preoccupation with what engineers stuffily call its infrastructure is overblown. They point out that road contractors and other construction firms have put a great deal of money behind a lobbying campaign to focus attention on the problem. It is also true that some estimates of the total bill for such repair work seem plucked from the air. Pat Choate, co-author of America in Ruins, for example, puts the cost at $3 trillion...
Considering the economy's weakness, many experts argue that fears of crowding out in the market are also overblown. Reason: as companies increase their long-term borrowings, they are paring their short-term debt even more, thus easing their overall demand for credit...
...singlehanded ran the pacifist-leftist journal Politics (1944-49). Next he declared himself a "conservative anarchist" and in his last major political stand supported the antiwar movement of the '60s. A fastidious critic, he graced Esquire and The New Yorker with sometimes highhanded pronouncements about movies, books and overblown fads. Observing in a 1960 essay that "the Lords of Kitsch sell culture to the masses," Macdonald famously defined and deflated the tastes of Masscult and Midcult...
...President can achieve all his goals in two years, certainly not if his performance is matched against the invariably overblown rhetoric of his platform and campaign speeches. Nonetheless, midterm is an appropriate point for an interim assessment of how well Ronald Reagan is doing in pursuing the main themes of his presidency, which he sketched with unusual clarity and force as a candidate. It is a mixed record...