Word: understatedness
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His dyslexia, which still sometimes causes him to puzzle for half an hour over a single word, has predisposed Horner against academic overcomplication and rigidity. He isn't the type to stake out an intellectual claim and spend his life footnoting it and fending off critics. For Horner, what matters...
THE PACIFIC RIM. Japan justifiably claims credit for reducing its dependence on oil imports, down from 77% of total energy supplies in 1973 to 58% today. But ballooning petroleum prices risk sparking inflation. The official inflation rate of 2.5% is understated, since it does not reflect property values that have...
"My feeling was that having him permanently removed from the management of the Yankees would be a very good result," Vincent explained afterward in his understated, lawyerly fashion. "And the only way to get it was to propose it. I couldn't make that part of the sanction because I...
Down the block, Cambridge Booksmith (nee Paperback Booksmith), at 25 Brattle St., is the exact opposite of the Coop. Understated and decidedly unglitzy, the Booksmith looks more like a book warehouse. But don't be fooled--its unpretentious paperback offerings are inexpensive and throrough, and bear the mark of a...
Solzhenitsyn claimed that I had understated Stalin's crimes. According to one estimate, 60 million people had died as a result of terror, famine and associated disease. My figure of 10 million deaths in labor camps was too low. I was also wrong to differentiate Stalin from Lenin: corruption and...