Word: shorthanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Bechtel calls the chief on his shoephone. "The evils [CONTROL shorthand for the Evil Empire] have beefed up there arsenal and are beginning a Star Wars project of their own," he reports...
...television poll of ABC viewers deemed the Cougars unworthy champions by 53% to 47%. Orange Bowl contestants Oklahoma (9-1-1) and Washington (10-1), along with the presiding NBC network, count themselves on the side of the majority. The Cougars' weakness is the WAC, unfortunate shorthand for the Western Athletic Conference, which B.Y.U. has dominated for nine years. At the same time, it ought to be noted, Pitt was ranked third back when the season commenced for the Cougars in Pittsburgh, 20-14, and the WAC team no better than third in the conference, Air Force, has trimmed...
...conservative Moral Majority, draws high negative ratings among key voting groups. For example, Moral Majority is anathema to some Jewish voters, as well as to the Yuppies, who tend to be conservative on economic matters but liberal on social issues, especially abortion. Says a Mondale aide: "Falwell is shorthand for the idea that God controls one candidate and one party...
...costume the artist puts him in to get a smile or make a point. Jeff MacNelly of the Chicago Tribune insists that the public too must have some clear visual impression of a person before "we can get a little crazy in caricaturing him with a kind of shorthand." The Universal Press Syndicate's Pat Oliphant says, "I hate changes of Administrations. It takes six months...