Word: translatese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With self-important earnestness, Domecq ticks off a whole catalogue of such deluded poseurs. There is F.J.C. Loomis, whose dislike of metaphors leads him to compose-laboriously-one-word poems (Domecq explains that his "Beret" had a poor reception, "perhaps attributable to the demands it makes on the reader of...
For reasons having to do with foreign competition, the limits of growth, and the practical impossibility of raising the productivity of the growing white-collar sector of the economy, the days of massive economic growth are over, according to Bell. Bell and his colleagues fear that at this historical stage...
Pasqualini notes that some Sinologists shrug off the very idea of labor camps, while others have arrived at an extreme estimate of 20 million detainees. He cites a concession often made by party propagandists that perhaps five per cent of the population is "being forced to build socialism," and notes...
At Thanksgiving, most retailers were talking about a 10% gain in dollar sales over the dreadful 1974 Yuletide showing. Instead, it is now clear that the gain was at least 12%, and possibly as high as 14% or 15%. Since consumer prices were about 7% higher at the start of...
The swift, unpredictable movement of the show testified to the group's "Kuumba," or creativity, as the word translates from Swahili, while the audience involvement further reflected the creative energy of the choir singers. The program opened with a gospel tune, "Jesus, the Light of the World" and a Scripture...