Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman nonlegislator with the same background (a French-speaking socialist) and roughly similar political views (a reduced role for the military, pro-E.C.). The principal difference between the rejected Christiane Brunner and winner Ruth Dreifuss, says Dreifuss, is that "I reassure people because I look a little plain...
Often, readers do register strong disagreement with a staff editorial. But some readers take that disagreement a step further, arguing that a paper with such a right wing/left wing/libertarian/socialist/just plain stupid staff editorial, is likely unfair in its coverage of news events related to that editorial--or, worse yet, that an attitude consistent with the editorial pervades the newsroom...
...these days, there are more than just plain texts. Authors change text fonts almost as often as they add new chapters, and some include more well-produced graphs or scanned photographs than bibliographical entries. Thesis-writing is no longer a purely intellectual activity; aesthetics are just as important as scholarship, at least for those who make every effort to dress up their work...
...says. "I can't see past the fact that I'm in it. I can't bear to look at myself, that's what it is. This is arrogant, but I think I look more beautiful -- if there is any beauty -- wearing jeans and a T shirt, just completely plain faced and normal, than I do in that film...
...reining in deficits; those final specifics deviated only modestly from advance leaks. Primarily, the address gave the President a chance to start building support for a program that will face passionate opposition from an ersatz alliance of many interests being hurt, and he seized on it effectively. In plain but strong language, Clinton pleaded with the public to weigh the mild immediate pain of higher taxes against the far greater eventual pain of letting deficits run wild. "Unless we change," said the President, "we will be condemning our children and our children's children to a lesser life than...