Word: shrilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their golf date next week; as a member of the State Department, he has been assigned to pick up Napoleon Duarte up from the airport and escort him around town. For Angie, this disclosure sparks off both empty self-pity ("my whole life revolves around these weekends") and vague, shrill accusations against the Salvadoran leader. An unlucky combination, but Don's replies are no better, consisting mainly of lines like "Women.." and "It must be the bad time of the month...
...Though the movement has zigzagged through the political landscape, and though some conservatives now claim a share of its legacy, populism's core remains its opposition to assorted elites. In Maryland, for instance, the voting records of Representatives Barbara Mikulski and Michael Barnes are both strongly liberal. Mikulski, the shrill voice of blue-collar Baltimore, easily bested Barnes, the urbane, bloodless spokesman of upscale Montgomery County...
James Roosevelt Jr. '68, the notable exception, concealed his conciliatory private manner by making ill-advised direct attacks on the front-runner early in the race. As early as March, he had been dismissed as a shrill, small voice. Meanwhile, Kennedy found earnest and unsolicited defenders among devotees of his family, who abound in the district which first elected John F. Kennedy '40 to Congress...
...county has remained remarkably free of social stress. The relative wealth of the residents (median income: $44,000) is one reason. The population is comparatively homogeneous. Unemployment, at 4%, is nearly 3 points below the national average. Orange remains solidly Republican, but the conservatism is less shrill nowadays: Birch Society types no longer command center stage...
Despite his rise to national prominence, Ueberroth has been subject to his share of criticism. Some view his patriotic urgings as advancing the cause of a shrill jingoism. Others have charged that he remains too much the CEO, running the national pastime as though it were just a large corporation. The most serious difficulties Ueberroth has had as commissioner, however, are related to his request that all major league baseball players submit to unscheduled tests for illegal drug use. Although many appear to agree with the commissioner's get-tough approach, others have vehemently criticized his plan, saying it violates...