Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential candidates is . espousing a vision of America's future may be that there is no vision of America's future to be espoused. Citizen complaints suggest otherwise; if there is a general grousing point about the current 13, it is that much of the time they sound like tinkers or social science teachers, including candidates like Paul Simon and Pat Robertson from whom, for quite different reasons, the public might expect the expression of some grand comprehensive picture of national prospects. But, in fact, by speaking practically, the candidates may be doing all that is possible and advisable. Bruce...
Theoretically, of course, a wholly different vision of past-future is conceivable, one that stresses personal and national frugality and emphasizes paying attention to political and business ethics and to the cracks in the nation's infrastructure. But few audiences rocket to their feet at the sound of the word bridge or tunnel, and even austere political visions have to be | inspired by something more than good housekeeping. Americans know visions when they see them, after all; we have had more of them hurled at us than any civilization can properly catch...
Sometimes an interview can be an exercise in, well, exercise. When TIME Correspondent Janice Simpson called Joe Clark, the controversial New Jersey high school principal, and asked him to sound off for this week's cover story on school discipline, Clark invited her to accompany him on his rounds. Off they went at breakneck speed, he with his infamous bullhorn in hand, she with her notebook. Clark strode swiftly along the corridors, swooping down to pick up stray scraps of paper and barking orders at his staff. When Clark finally sat down to talk, he remained hyperactive, bouncing...
...argument is a sound one; perhaps Radcliffe alums wouldn't be so generous if they understood what their money supported. But it's hard to justify the University's continuing a deception simply because doing so effectively parts graduates and their money...
George Michael scores with it, the Pet Shop Boys mock it, and everyone cashes in: Britpop, an easeful sound that tops the charts...