Word: truisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breaks reputations: that's well understood in show business by people who spend half their lives trying to get their name in the paper and the second half of their careers trying to keep it out. In television coverage of Washington, CBS Correspondent Robert Pierpoint discovered, the truism is "that most people are not worth interviewing if they are not known to the public, and that once known, they often don't want to be interviewed...
This minor truism was handed the Democrats as well. Twenty-six new seats in the House is fine, but not as heartening as 40 or 50 would have been, and a wash in the Senate is plain discouraging. Despite Tip O'Neill's pro forma yawp that the G.O.P. loss was "disastrous," it wasn't. The Democrats (and moderate Republicans) have simply been given more rope with which to hold the President in check, not to hang themselves or the nation. Profligate Government spending looks no more attractive today than it did two years...
This may seem a truism to some, but it explains how Brown achieved a preeminent position in New England water polo. Brown made the decision to become a water polo powerhouse in 1974, when it gave its squad varsity status...
...played less frequently in relation to their talents, Reardon points legitimately to the danger of second-guessing. Difficult decisions on playing time, he says, are exactly the coaches job. Almost as difficult is sifting through the complaints to find out which of the perceived biases are actually racial. A truism of varsity athletics is that no player feels his coach fully appreciates him. "I think you can talk to six white halfbacks on the football team who think they're not getting enough playing time," Reardon says...
...coach's comment seemed an irrelevant truism at the time. Allard had proved himself a winner, and Cuccia was reportedly on the mend from his rib injury...