Word: stridently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...transformation of Michael Dukakis is complete. Gone forever is Dukakis I, the strident inflexible intellectual liberal of the '60s and '70s. Dukakis II is centrist, pro-business, and smiling, all the way to national politics. Idea number one here is that the Dukakis for President campaign is off and running. Kitty said as much on election night. If Mario Cuomo does not watch out, he will soon be Number 2 among putative national candidates from the Northeast...
...irreverent reverend stepped way out of line with those remarks. When his more recent questioner stopped reading her typed text, he admitted as much--kind of. He explained that public speakers like to have their fun. Alluding to this new protagonist's close-cropped hair, masculine attire and strident manner, Falwell said he would probably describe her in similar terms...
...Host Mike Wallace and his bride of 2 1/2 months, Mary Yates. The already festive mood brightened considerably as an old Wallace friend telephoned over the news. There is little love lost for Wyman in CBS journalism circles, where the ex-chairman's decisions have been a target for strident criticism. Partygoers vied to congratulate a late arrival at the celebration: Laurence Tisch. Exulted one guest: "CBS has returned to its origins." Said 60 Minutes Correspondent Morley Safer: "It's back to the future. That's good news...
...punished and that information on the disappeared be released, the mothers have broadened their political profile to become visible spokesmen for the left wing. Journalists regularly contact their offices, like those of the five or six political parties and splinter factions, for reaction to current events. The mothers voiced strident and widely publicized opposition in July, for example, when the church and other anti-divorce groups held a moderately successful "march for the defense of the family" in anticipation of congressional debate on a divorce bill (Argentina is one of a small handful of countries where it is still illegal...
Although the irresolvable nature of Rubin's conflict elicits sympathy in the legal community, some colleagues fault the Miami lawyer for what they regard as his strident insistence on pulling out of the case and disobeying judges. William Surowiec, one of Sanborn's previous lawyers, wonders if the courts could have taken any other position. "What if a person, in an effort to continuously avoid going on trial when the trial date approaches, puts the lawyer in this situation?" he asks. "You would have a defendant who could manipulate the system by doing this to one attorney after another." Henry...