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Word: swaggerer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Connally, who had hoped to come in third, was embarrassed by his fourth-place finish. He skimped on organization to concentrate on a $125,000 media blitz. But his Texas-style swagger was not really suited to down-home Iowa. Some low blows in his advertising did not help him in a state where the politics are especially clean. (Example: he ran a TV spot that implied that Governor Ray had endorsed him. When Ray objected, Connally had to withdraw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Surprise Harvest In Iowa | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

Carter wants registration to bolster the image of a new American swagger, an attitude designed to create the illusion that this nation must respond militarily to every Soviet action. We do need to answer their expansion, but a draft is an inappropriate reaction. The draft is a response for the sake of making a response, not because it is intelligent. Continuation of such policies could mean that we may at some time feel trapped into making a direct military response--even if it, like the draft, is unwarranted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Registration | 1/25/1980 | See Source »

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