Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Edmund Muskie, after months of apparent soul-searching, came out galloping toward the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. The junior Senator from Maine delivered a hard, partisan denunciation of Republican Viet Nam policy, pooh-poohed Richard Nixon's "Silent Majority," and accused the press of softening its criticism and analysis of the war. Considering his normally deliberative, restrained manner, Muskie emerged as a pugnacious contender. He accused the Administration of falsely lulling the populace: Viet Nam has been "transformed in the public mind from the most critical issue of the times to just another policy problem." Muskie favors renewed debate...
...Martin McGrady and Lee Evans to defeat him. In the longer distances, Doubell has been unbeatable. In Albuquerque last month he ran 1,000 yds. in 2 min. 5.5 sec., shaving half a second from Snell's eight-year-old world indoor record. As usual he pooh-poohed the stopwatch: "The most important thing is winning. I don't give a damn what the time...