Word: shrug
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shrug this off with a cynical, "Well, the Gallo pamphlet was probably a pack of lies," or an, "After all, the leftists are right, so it's OK if they don't let Gallo be heard?" If the right to be heard has come to be dependent on any one group's assessment of the truth, free speech is dead. Our radical organizations may be correct today; if they are wrong tomorrow, how shall we let it be known? And if those on the far right manage to keep us from speaking tomorrow, how shall we of the left appeal...
...people want promises. I say things like this: I say the state's administration will be unproved. I say special-interest logrolling must be eliminated. I say we must have better education. I have to assume people know I mean it, or they will reject me." With a shrug, Brown continues: "I can only say what I feel and what I think is right. I don't know-is that new politics? It just seems like common sense...
...World War II seeps into his writing like a shadow through the crack under a door, waning steadily. You realize that the civil strife in Greece, the intrigue of state politics and foreign intervention drains him, and the journal would be a weary monologue if he did not shrug them off. Even during his years at the Greek embassy in Turkey, he shies away from public record...
Tired from this arduous introspection, you shrug your shoulders, call yourself an artist, and order another drink...
Respect for authority is taught from birth, and in Africa as nowhere else, might means right. Most Africans shrug and accept the winners in the power game. Opposition in much of the continent is regarded as not only unhealthy but also a bit improper. Leaders tend to be military usurpers; there have been two dozen military coups in the past decade. New leaders emerge literally overnight, but Africa is not fruitful ground as yet for the steady and gradual development of leadership...