Word: tenuousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Casually mention any connections (however tenuous) that you might have to the new First Family-elect. You don't have to be a Friend Of Bill (FOB), you can be a Friend of a Friend Of Bill (FFOB...
...need look no further than the devil himself. Only Satan could inspire treachery like Ricky Roma's: He won't go back on a sale even if it means it will cost the customer his marriage; he feeds the egos of co-workers in order to maintain their tenuous loyalties; Roma even sits back when the co-worker he adored just five minutes ago is pegged by the police...
...sitcoms and music videos. "The visual image will be familiar, more communicative to people. But at the same time, there will be a general humiliation of language," says Neil Postman, chairman of New York University's communications department. Our connection with the real world may grow ever more tenuous as images increasingly supplant words and symbolic gestures overwhelm rational argument. The portent is ominous: How can an electorate conditioned by MTV ever have the patience to solve the budget deficit...
...weakening of the major parties and the rise of television have made politics an infinitely more difficult -- and morally tenuous -- endeavor. It is no longer sufficient for candidates to say they are Democrats or Republicans, explain their views on the issues and let the voters decide. Campaigns now consist of offending as few people as possible, so the possibilities for mischief and misunderstandings are endless...
...nations were supposed to maintain the status quo and perpetuate a shaky cease-fire, but the distrust and hatred of Taylor, his equal lack of confidence in the neutrality of the international troops and the almost total lack of communications among the opposing forces are likely to transform this tenuous stalemate into another major...