Word: unabashedness
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Reagan has often relied on such patriotic appeals to try to win over the American people. Judging by his relatively high ratings in public opinion polls and his reputation as the Great Communicator, he remains successful. But if Reagan really thinks he can pass off his unabashed jingoism as substantive...
First came Mikhail Gorbachev. In his speech to the United Nations last month, he promised to change practically everything about the Soviet Union except its name (and, presumably, its leader). Asked at a press conference the next day whether he believed Gorbachev was sincere in trying to remake the Soviet...
But was it? Admissions staffers insist they are not swayed by come-ons. Yet most admit they are amused by the gimmicks, particularly if they are creative. Last year, in an attempt to get off the waiting list at his top-choice college, Scott Hart of Pleasantville, N.Y., sent the...
George Bush promised during the campaign that he would fight to keep the defense budget 2% above the rise of inflation, but he is unlikely to get that much without a tax increase. Even with such an improbable hike, Bush's numbers would fall more than $140 billion short of...
Trapped inside this billionaire publishing baron are a multitude of people: a peasant haggler, stage director, domineering patriarch, sophisticated currency trader, military commander, politician, Hollywood mogul and unabashed publicity man. Following his train of thought is like listening to ten tape recorders, constantly switching on and off, constantly interrupting one...