Word: unconvincingness
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Reactions to all this have been swift and angry. The Daily Telegraph editorialized that the book constitutes "a failure of ecclesiastical statesmanship" that will confuse faithful Christians. The semiofficial Church Times dismissed the anthology as "a notably unconvincing contribution to the cause of unbelief." The Archbishop of Canterbury was heard...
Outside New York, there were quite a few cocky power company executives who said about the possibility of blackouts: "No, it can't happen here." There were some who pooh-poohed Consolidated Edison's "act of God" explanation as unconvincing. There were a number who blamed Con Ed...
The Only Cubist Town. The first two sections, dealing with the period 1900-50, are at least competent. The history they describe is more settled and hence readily encapsulated. The "period rooms"-unconvincing reconstructions of the Gertrude Stein salon at 27, Rue de Fleurus, the "291" gallery in which Alfred...
Considering the size and scope of the operation, there was little evidence of any major gains. Even the cache of weapons displayed from the operation turned out to be unconvincing. TIME Correspondent William McWhirter, who landed at the dusty airstrip at Chiredzi in southeastern Rhodesia, reports: "Spread out on two...
If the scenes with Robert and his father ring true, the dialogue between Robert and Kate doesn't ring at all. The exchanges are cliched, wooden, alternately boring and unconvincing. Kate's parents are conservative, blame Robert for their daughter's "condition," and seem paralyzed by shock and Puritan indignation...