Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Doesn't Engelmayer think that someone considering lesbian-or gay-related research would "think twice" (his phrase) before approaching the Center? Might not a researcher wonder if "negative social pressures" would include denying a proposal to study lesbian mothers or alcoholism among gay men? We wonder. We think the threat to academic freedom is made all the more chilling by the failure of responsible administrators to publicly disavow Pattullo's position...
...here in Europe have been waiting with bated breath for the awakening of our allies across the water. The most important phrase in your article is "nuclear weapons have made war obsolete." I fear our world leaders are dinosaurs, only they haven't yet realized...
When a pitcher does out 11 walks in four innings, and her defense commits eight errors, the phrase "home free" should take on new meaning for the opposing team...
...qualities that distinguished writers and artists of the 1930s from those who preceded them in political involvement was the internationalization of concern--the conviction, in Gide's phrase, that each of them had a "right to inspect his neighbor's territory." In the 1930s, a new state of mind developed. Henceforth, the chief concern of committed individuals and their organizations was external...
SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS, Reaganomics, laissez-faire economics. Lafferism, Catchy phrases all, but none captures the political strategy behind the Administration's economic policy to date At every turn, President Reagan has sought to ascribe favorable economic news to his program of sweeping tax and budget cuts, while blaming downturns on structural factors and Democrats. Only one phrase can properly describe that tactic: having your cake and eating it too. As the President's most recent statements suggest, that opportunism remains the centerpiece of his economic program...