Word: taunter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Riggs had no such confidence. He had tuned into the public eye as taunter of the Cause, and his mouth put him treacherously far out onto the line. The chauvinist pitch was only his means to exploit the public temper. So he sloganeered like a mechanical mouthpiece,. or the little kid who recites what he's heard from his parents' discussions -- not because he understands the import of the phrase, but because he'd seen it trigger an excitement...
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