Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberal Democrats had a reason for supporting the cuts. Said he: "Many Democrats are inclined to let Reagan have what he wants. Then, if the economy is still in a mess in the election years of 1982 and 1984, he'll have to assume all the blame. The phrase is, 'Give him rope to hang himself...
...believe the same things as a broad strategy: you've got to have sound money -and sound money is a much better phrase than monetarism. All monetarism is, is to try to keep the supply of money in line with the supply of goods and services. If you go away from that, you lose confidence in your money, you lose confidence in the future...
THERE ARE nonetheless redeeming qualities to Lolita as an evening of theater. Ian Richardson surmounts the blandness Albee packs into his lines, and though we know Nabokov would never have used a phrase like "deal with," Richardson comes close to persuading us of the possibility. William Ritman's scenery--a set of four double flats turning on hinges--subliminally recalls the flipping of a book's pages as it creates a remarkable variety of oddly-shaped stage spaces. And Frank Dunlop's direction, snappy and alert, largely neutralizes the talkiness of Albee's script, keeping attention fixed on the stage...
...their clamoring for longer library hours and "the insensitivity of whites." Although I am far from a language purist, I really do feel that words such as "some," "often times" and "many" are still good words in the latest usage of the English language. The use of the phrase "majority of white students" at one point does not absolve Grafstein of guilt in the rest of the essay. In fact, it is imperative that the Crimson use these words carefully to avoid generalizations which contribute to any form or bigotry...
While the tangled problems of today's governments are far from mythical, the dialogue over realigning powers will predictably be shot through with mythology. Once again, the states rights catch phrase is being heard. But the Constitution assigns rights only to individuals, none to the states, which are granted only residual powers by the Tenth Amendment. It is argued that the Federal Government has left the states bereft of revenues. In fact, state taxing powers are limited only by their own constitutions, and presumably with popular approval...