Word: shorthand
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...hardened" with additional concrete. But whether they would be strong enough even then is doubtful. In an attempt to defuse the issue, Air Force General Bennie Davis, commander of the Strategic Air Command, vainly sought to convince a congressional subcommittee three weeks ago that the "window" expression was shorthand not for silo exposure but for overall strategic inferiority...
...scold. His Rabelaisian comic gift cuts savagely at the patchwork of relativism and materialism that passes for modern social fabric. The novel's loutish hero, John Self, is a grotesque victim of life in the fast lane: "I hate people with degrees, O-levels, eleven-pluses, Iowa Tests, shorthand diplomas," says Self. "And you hate me, don't you. Yes you do. Because I'm the new kind, the kind who has money but can never use it for anything but ugliness...
...many years. He shot it near his home in New York City ("You won't find me making a Western or a picture in Mexico"). He also assembled the crew he is accustomed to and some of the same actors. "When you work with the same people, a shorthand develops," he says. "And it's easier for me to criticize people I know than a stranger who feels insecure. I don't have many friends, but I bombard the ones I have with all my ideas...
Pundits and political phrasemakers have used the term Reagan Revolution for years as shorthand for the policy goals set early in the Administration. Last week, without significantly changing his objectives, Reagan decided to rename the cause. In his annual State of the Union address to Congress and the nation, in which he clearly hoped to set the agenda for his final term in elective office, Reagan hailed the dawning of a "second American Revolution of hope and opportunity." In rhetoric that was almost flamboyantly rhapsodic, the President described his vision as "a revolution carrying us to new heights of progress...
...shattered a half-gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy that Mora was carrying, along with a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce and a bottle of prune juice. The items suggest that the lieutenant is no oenophile, dislikes cooking and suffers from constipation. More important, a grocery list is Leonard's shorthand way of establishing his hero's endearing authenticity as a middle-aged widower who, despite badge and gun, falls victim to street crime...