Word: smilingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Geraldine Ferraro in her campaigning came across as cold and harsh, while the phony, frozen, politician-type smile of Walter Mondale turned us off. Mondale's continuing criticism of success seemed to indicate that we should be penalized for being successful and making our own way in life...
...twenties where it outraged its contemporaries, much as The Sex Pistols did. A sculpture entitled "fountain," no more than a toilet seat hung by a nail, drew special condemnation for its vulgarity. Another work--a print of the "Mona Lisa" with a moustache drawn over the famous smile and the phrase "L. H. O. O. Q." under it--was roundly criticized for its irreverence. The phrase, roughly translated, means "she has a hot ass." The Dadas also sponsored "readings" which consisted of random gunshots or the din of a sledgehammer pounding on sheetmetal. The aim of this group, beyond sheer...
...Smile, Mr. President. It really was stunning. It was supposed to happen, we saw it happening, it happened. Well, Coleridge said that anticipation is more potent than surprise. Even the overwhelming landslide came as no shock, though it may unnerve a country accustomed to contentious opinions to face evidence of such astounding unanimity. We ought to know, then, what this long-anticipated re-election means, what it says about America. Do we know? Mondale supporters suggest that we have become a nation of hedonists and Mammon worshipers. Reaganites, that we want a muscular America and Government off our backs. Does...
...Atlanta; 50,000 in Amherst, Mass. In fact, stop for stop, she frequently outdrew Mondale. That was doubtless due in part to the novelty of her candidacy, but Ferraro also became a consummate pro at working audiences, acknowledging chants of "Gerry! Gerry!" with a rakish wave and confident smile...
...debunk the argument that Reagan's victory and demographic sweep--excepting, of course, the Blacks and the Jews--represents a general trend towards the Republicans or, in a singularly knee-jerk fit of wishful thinking b8 the Democrats, a mere mandate for the rosy wrinkly cheeks and gee-whiz smile of the President...