Word: unconvincingness
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Defense Concerns. To a surprising degree, a large and otherwise diverse majority closed ranks behind three propositions: that there is rough overall global equivalence between the superpowers; that there is a regional imbalance in Europe favoring the Soviet Union; and that regionally and globally there are ominous trends in Soviet...
The historical evidence is unconvincing. At the time of the signing of SALT I in 1972, U.S. defense spending was in decline, but that was a function of disillusionment with the war in Viet Nam. During the debate over SALT II in 1979, there was a bipartisan consensus for more...
Galbraith's final chapter, "Historical Process and the Rich," is simply an updated rehash of his landmark book. The New Industrial State, in which he argues that the free market exists only in the minds of capitalist ideologues and that the economy, free of governments intervention, is controlled by large...
Nonetheless in The Voice of Poor the analysis incomplete and the logic unconvincing. While easy to ready it will hardly inspire many to the half hearted rallying cry of its conclusion "books can point the way things happen when readers join the march.
Perhaps the lesson of these figures is that viewers prefer straight information and quiet talk to electronic bells and whistles. Certainly the perfervid claims of drama and import, when events were inconclusive, turned some viewers off. Television is incomparably compelling in covering real action, yet embarrassingly unconvincing when it tries...