Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...journalists were the most self-critical. "We learn to be very quick and shallow experts," said Karen Elliott House, diplomatic correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Chuck Stone, senior editor of the Philadelphia daily News, agreed. "There is no such thing as objective journalism...
Hooper had his hand in Harvard's second goal which came at 20:03. Some aggressive defense by senior halfback Mike Mogollon in the Engineers' half of the pitch sent a ball rolling to Hooper on the now-familiar left end-line. After a quick move toward the goal month, he lunched a lofting pass to forward Lance Ayrault, standing alone on the MIT penalty spot. The Crimson captain sent a header over the arms of Engineer Goalkeeper Bob Schaefer and just under the crossbar for the tally...
Rather disparages "quick fixes" like the theft of Ellis from channel 5. His 1977 book, The Camera Never Blinks, acknowledges that for many stations, "If your ratings are low, (you) just go across town and hire the other station's anchorman." He strongly opposes this ploy, saying "the feeling is that what counts is what is on the marquee, not the integrity of your news," and argues that, in the long run, superficial facelifts do little to boost ratings...
...effort so far has paid off in impressive domestic support. Even leaders of the American Jewish community, who usually are quick to take issue with any Washington move that appears to dilute American backing for Israel, seem to have been partly disarmed, at least in public. Asserted Julius Berman, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: "There are some very positive statements in there." He specified Reagan's call for "hard, fair and direct negotiating between the parties" and his "lack of support for an independent Palestinian state." Berman's criticisms were surprisingly mild...
...directed against the Soviets. The author frets that "the resolve and the military capability of the West had since 1918 been sapped by an uncritical hankering for peace." Among the hankerers, they comment snidely, were what Lenin called "useful fools," and these fainthearts were quick to join "socalled 'peace movements,' unobtrusively orchestrated and largely paid for by the U.S.S.R...