Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claim is a cheeky one. Because campaign positions are inevitably reduced to sketchy impressions and shorthand phrases, Hart has been vulnerable to caricature as the candidate who merely espouses the idea of new ideas. In fact, he bristles with notions about how Government should be run. Some sound sensible and promising, some trendy and impractical. Cynics say that Hart simply rediscovered an old marketing trick. "New faces, New Frontier, New Deal, new horizons," chants Illinois' Democratic state chairman, Calvin Sutker. "It's always good to say something...
...Washington, State Department Spokesman John Hughes agreed with Kissinger about "the centrality of the transatlantic defense relationship to Western security and world peace." But he went on to say that the alliance was healthy, its structure sound and its strategy "valid and viable." Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Richard Burt argued that NATO had met one of its most severe tests by beginning to deploy new missiles in Europe. Said he: "The performance over the past 18 months has demonstrated to anyone paying attention that the alliance is sound...
...tiny computer promises to bring sound to 70% of the deaf
...obviously smart guys. Two similar guys, not only do their resumes sound the same, they both worked for the engineering behemoth Bechtel, when they weren't stomping in and out of the Oval Office...
While playing three games in nine days may not sound like a major commitment, Weeks emphasized the enervating effects of rugby. Rugby is like football in that "it takes so much out of you," said Weeks. He added that in California last spring, several players were injured during the course of four games in 10 days...