Word: schmalz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Spare the Schmalz! Eisenhower's last presidential addresses-his State of the Union message and his televised farewell to the nation-drew a piebald response. The Denver Post, though unmoved by the State of the Union message ("moral, but it did not inspire"), was stirred by the valedictory speech to historical comparisons: "The parting messages of Dwight Eisenhower and George Washington had this in common-an essentially conservative tone, one of dignity and restraint...