Word: themeless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan's rather perfunctory rendition of these goals did little to reassure the groups involved. Moreover, his dutiful nods in their direction and his menu of proposals only riled up his core conservative constituents. Wrote Columnist William Safire, who in the past has supported Reagan: "The themeless pudding called this year's State of the Union address was a series of banalities intended to ingratiate the President with his political opposition; instead, this worst of Reagan speeches invited the grinning contempt it received...