Word: verbalization
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...Your piece entitled "Dirty Harry" [May 1] was misleading and unfair. Perhaps this was because TIME magazine was not present, and because it therefore missed the flavor and intent of the verbal exchange between reporters and me, my words were taken out of context. Those reporters present did not use the exchange because they understood that I was trying to underscore the ridiculous implication of a question and comment from two reporters by responding with an equally ridiculous and facetious comment. Every reporter I have talked with since your publication of the story was likewise surprised that TIME would print...
...Piet Botha declared that there were elements of the predominantly English United Party "who hate the Afrikaner." An opposition member replied, "You're a scandalous liar," and walked out. One M.P. addressed another as "the Honorable Maggot." Other Afrikaner members of the ruling National Party carried on the verbal war, calling English M.P.s "Baboons" and "Jingoes...
...wonder that the mass meeting degenerated into a useless verbal brawl, because the word "strike" has automatically, and unjustifiably become the central word in our vocabulary. And it is a word that lacks any form of definition in its current context. Under most circumstances, a "strike" is a stoppage of work undertaken for the purpose of winning a concrete concession. Built into the word is a strong implication that the protest is directed against a single target. Most importantly, "strike" means that in order to win our demands, we intend to deprive our opponent of something which he finds indispensable...
...blown up by the editors--a marvellous expression of their subconscious wish, though they themselves warn SDS in their introduction not "to advertise its wish as fact"--to approximately three times its normal size, perhaps in search of a visual equivalent to SDS's electromegaphonic mode of verbal communication...
...essentially the lexicon of propaganda, the tone of the Nixonisms reflects what are perceived to be the shifting moods and needs of the nation. Thus, Safire observes, the Great Unwashed is undesirable, while the Silent Majority is praiseworthy. Nixon's critics, says Safire, have manufactured their own verbal ammunition, such as Nixonomics and Southern Strategy...