Word: shallowing
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...that we could imitate the languid laconic cynicism of Brett and Jake and Bill Gorton; we all wish, stout hearts that we think we are, that we could argue as honestly with ourselves as Robert Jordan or the Old Man of the Sea. Heming-way's answers may be shallow and short-sighted, blindly idealist; his is not the horrifying total vision of Dostoevsky or Faulkner. But perhaps there is still a place for idealistic heroics, for the hard-fighting, well-dying fictions of a Hemingway. The answers aren't all that simple: but it helps to think...
...party was outdoors, beside the Steers's swimming pool. While Caroline's nurse was changing, the other nurses and mothers helped Ivan's guests into their bathing suits; Caroline got suited up faster than anyone else. She slipped into the pool at the shallow end, grabbed a kiddie-sized surfboard and began to paddle...
Infantry of the Mind. The trouble with the metaphysics of chance is that it is too shallow for a true tragic destiny. Unlike the Greek and Elizabethan heroes, the Hemingway hero does not understand his fate. It's simply a dirty trick...
...book, Taylor told how he would change the game. He urged that NATO ground forces be built up and made strong enough to deter a Soviet army attack. He argued that shallow "tripwire" forces might actually become a liability, since they could get entangled with an enemy to the point that the U.S. would be unable to use nuclear weapons for fear of killing its own troops. He advocated a "limited-war headquarters" that would cut across service lines. Wrote he: "There is no single headquarters anywhere which supervises the planning for overseas movements or verifies readiness for movement...
...Very Bold." Clomping around in green fatigues and combat boots, Castro pointed out the sunken invasion ship Houston, its hull sticking out from the shallow water. He expertly described the rebel landing, his own counterattack...