Word: utters
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...improvement. Then came the Cultural Revolution, the attack on the Indian embassy, and there was a setback. Things were again improving, and then came Bangladesh. Now we are back to Square 1. They say that the Soviet Union and India together are attempting to encircle China. This is utter nonsense. We are not attacking anyone, and I don't think the Soviet Union wants war with anyone. Then there is the matter of Tibet. We are said sometimes to be encouraging revolt, but we have neither the capacity nor the resources to do so. We have always recognized China...
...Scharfman and Douglas Hunt, on their futile quest for literary prowess, dressed one and all in outfits inspired by Poe out of Oscar Wilde to rival the literary out-of-itness of Bunthorne and his "perfect" rival, Archibald Grosvenor (Marc Jablon). They all emerge, in Gilbert's words, "perfectly utter...
...rebellious Thieu seen as sabotaging peace might simply rally Americans to the President's side, enabling him to liquidate U.S. involvement without any fear of recrimination at home. Still for Nixon to abandon Saigon would be tantamount to declaring his Viet Nam policy to have been an utter failure...
...Harold Willens, 58, calls himself "a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist." A wealthy Los Angeles realtor, he started out in utter poverty. "McGovern," says Willens, "is a man whose concerns are deeply human and deeply moral. As things are, we are putting our money where our myths are?like the myth of the domino theory?and we napalm little children and contravene the ideals for which this country was founded. We have lost our soul in Indochina, and this has created a fantastic crisis of confidence. People have lost faith in their Government, and the economy depends on confidence...
Joseph Kraft, in a syndicated column appearing in The Boston Globe on September 11, charged that Moynihan was repeating "utter nonsense" in hope of "finding favor" with the White House. He wrote that Moynihan did not use valid evidence to prove his assertion that Nixon was against quotas when Moynihan cited the large number of Jews with high Administration posts...