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Word: swallowable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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SOME foreign policy "pragmatists" would argue that Reagan already compromised U.S. interests in the Philippines by cancelling his trip. Coating the decision with soothing language, they would say, merely makes it an easier pill for Marcos to swallow; given the existence of two key U.S. military bases on the Philippines and Marcos' unflinching support for Washington, maintaining the status quo is a valid priority. And besides, they would add as an afterthought, echoing Machiavelli and Tallyrand, morality has no place in U.S. policy. The president does what has to be done for reasons of state...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: Ducking Out | 10/6/1983 | See Source »

...Government out of business, then anguished negotiations, and finally a compromise maintaining spending at levels a bit higher than currently scheduled. What makes these prospects especially depressing is that there is strong bipartisan agreement on what should be done: a deal wherein the White House would swallow tax increases and a slowdown in defense spending, and Congress would quit opposing cuts in social spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Easy Way Out | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

Said Mel Blumenthal, executive vice president of MTM: "Independent producers will become little more than robots responding to the whims of networks." Without being able to anticipate full revenues from syndication, producers argued, they would have no incentive to swallow losses on offbeat new shows. The award-winning Hill Street Blues, for example, is supplied to NBC by MTM at a loss of $ 1.43 million a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharing That Syndication Gravy | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...feeling among some Japanese health professionals is that the system does not allow people many ways to release their anger. Men are allowed a few surly comments under the cover of drunkenness, and women sometimes take to their beds to show displeasure, but most of the time people just swallow their rage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Increasing Signs of Stress | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...Where did the term all hell broke loose first appear? John Milton's Paradise Lost. What did Nietzsche say on the subject of comedy? "That man has invented laughter because he of all species needs it." Why did Ralph Waldo Emerson quit the ministry? "He couldn't swallow the last supper." How, including names and dates, did the U.S. sexual revolution actually begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How the Sexual Revolution Began | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

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