Word: relentlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After 15 minutes of relentless pepping the Union quieted and most freshmen turned back to their turkey...
Most of all, Carter's position has been improving because of his relentless attack on what his aides call the Tolstoy (i.e., war and peace) issue. When the President set out several weeks ago to slam home the fear that Reagan lacked the will and judgment to keep the U.S. out of war, the attack seemed a risky exercise that might backfire. But whatever may be thought of the fairness of the strategy, it has turned out that Carter's instincts, and the advice of Pollster Patrick Caddell, were politically sound: fear of nuclear war is indeed...
Most important, perhaps, is that Carter has emerged virtually unscathed from Reagan's relentless assault on his economic record, which was the Governor's prime point of attack. People still feel that inflation is the chief national problem; Reagan has been unable to convince voters that he could cope with it much better than Carter. Concern about unemployment, a threat for any incumbent, especially one who is a Democrat, has declined and more voters (35% compared with 32% in September) now feel the nation's economy will improve during the next few months...
Wildernesses are In now; belching symbols of industrial power are Out. Abigail Adams? "Remember the ladies" is, of course, obligatory. And, in keeping with its relentless democracy, the new Bartlett's greatly increases the space devoted to the works of Anon. He (she) now provides not only such familiar items as "O.K.," "Kilroy was here" and "Women and children first," but also a cornucopia of cowboy songs, Indian chants and even some less-than-familiar Swahili proverbs ("Speak silver, reply gold...
...idealists--and succeeds. In method, Bell is a tantalizing combination of Muhammad Ali and Roberto Duran; he taunts, he baits, but he never refrains from slugging it out. He punishes his opponents, and occasionally his readers, with an aggressive and assertive style. The prose of these essays is a relentless onslaught...