Word: smashingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prices, they agree, will lead to higher consumption, so that OPEC would, in Safire's words, "be back in the saddle again." Instead, says the Times, we should "build on the exporters' current weakness" with an oil import tax. Safire and Buckley enthusiastically concur, arguing for a tax to "smash the price fixers and supply-controllers," and to "tear OPEC apart." An oil import tax, these foes of Big Oil contend, would keep domestic prices high, thus maintaining present trends towards conservation and increased domestic production. This would, in turn, enable the US to further its independence from foreign...
...dancing goes beyond thought and, most definitely, beyond reason. We fall down, get up again, and smash into innocent bystanders and other exhausted but resilient dancers. The last song is announced: "Nothing But a House Party." It lasts forever and our muscles pitifully weep for the clock to strike the hour...
...that caught up with Ronald Reagan last week. He believes too fervently that a smash appearance onstage can obscure past mistakes and hold the political audience in thrall for a few more precious weeks. The press builds up the State of the Union as a sort of political Super Bowl. Public expectations rise far beyond what a President can provide. Reagan gave the audience a lot of his robust, even youthful, charm, but the substance was familiar merchandise hastily repackaged...
...chamber dressed in their Sunday best is a grand sight. But more and more the import of the President's words is lost in the hoopla. The sights and sounds become more important than the substance, the entertainment more coveted than the information. When a President delivers a smash speech, he often fools himself into believing that the effect is lasting. When he does not measure up to expectations, he suffers in public esteem...
...messages to be televised was given by Harry Truman, who was still trying to inform the nation rather than dazzle it. He read in his reedy voice from a thick notebook, stumbling over words, losing his place. As drama it was grade-B Hollywood. As Government, it was a smash...