Word: shallowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chose to make a political film in and about a country whose language he does not speak. But it is even more unfortunate that, rather than avail himself of the services of an interpreter, he deliberately utilized the language barrier, apparently to place particular emphasis on Amin's frighteningly shallow, misinformed, and warped worldview. The effect however, is not to frighten, but to amuse...
...landing site would be covered with Sahara-like dunes. But the first panoramic pictures showed an area strikingly similar to that occupied by Viking 1: a relatively flat plain, strewn with porous, spongy-looking rocks that seemed as if they might be volcanic in origin and cut by a shallow channel that could have been carved by running water...
George Reedy, Lyndon Johnson's press secretary and now dean of Marquette University's journalism college, attributes the Democrats' pale, shallow support of Carter to the "Dr. Fell syndrome"?after the old English nursery rhyme: "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell./ The reason why I cannot tell./ But this I know, and know full well/ I do not like thee, Dr. Fell...
...eight-month campaign, Ronald Reagan was very much the way he was at the beginning: the reluctant politician whose words were fiercer than his manner. Win or lose, his candidacy has been extraordinary. He was seen by many as shallow and simplistic and even dangerous. All but a handful of Senators and Congressmen shunned him. He was opposed by nearly every state organization. He had practically no editorial support...
...year-old at Munich, has since turned in a score of world-record performances. Arguably the best woman swimmer of all time, she explodes from the starting block with such force that she is often 3 feet ahead of the field when heads break water. She dives shallow and planes high like a speedboat, with much of her body out of the water. Her motion is so efficient-though not stylish-that she is able to set world records while taking substantially fewer strokes per minute than the women she leaves in her wake. After the Olympics, Ender may retire...