Word: purblindly
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...result is a bold stylistic stroke. The short scenes and pungent dialogue are ideal for catching the rhythm of Winchell's beat, while the residual piece of screenwriter's carpentry ("closing credits come up") underscores not only its artificiality but also Winchell's own purblind flair for self- dramatization. As a literary form, the screenplay generally rates as much respect as restaurant menu prose, and a novel molded like this slips past any easy characterization. "Maybe it's a mongrel," Herr suggests. "Maybe it's just a novel with a camera...
...pooh-poohs the many tragic terrorist attacks by mentioning them only in passings, and he seems oblivious to the repeated border incidents which the PLO knew would eventually draw the Israelis into Lebanon. Is Timerman so naive, so purblind as to think the PLO hadn't intended to use the Lebanese they had so long terrorized as a spit on which to roust the Israelis in world opinion? It was an option they always knew they...
...that Reagan's grand design will crumble under the weight of its internal contradictions, the president responds by calling these condemnations "wild charges" and warning his public not to "be fooled by those who proclaim that spending cuts will deprive the elderly, the needy and the helpless." Here the purblind Idealist in Reagan overpowers the Realist. Who will be deprived by the programs of this Man of Action if not the elderly, the needy and the helpless? Ronald Reagan, nice guy, manages to assuage fears about the facts...
...program is fascinating, but it also calls to mind the adage: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king. Little wonder that the Soviet Union should be so eager to get its own project off the ground. For the rest of us, the prospect of two purblind princelings contending high above for the throne of the kingdom is terrifying...
...space program is the only Government agency working for our future; we shouldn't be so purblind to our children's needs as to cut its funds short...