Word: verbalizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood for a radical internal overhaul. Last November, then-President Wesley Hall proposed that the A.M.A. draft an entirely new constitution. Despite speculation that the issue would at least be debated last week, it was barely mentioned. Instead, the hierarchy and the house of delegates administered verbal tranquilizers to those on both sides of several questions. While there was vocal opposition, for instance, to doctors' unions, which Hoffman thought would be improper, the delegates deferred taking any formal position on them...
...watch it if you don't want to. Those who have persistently supported the Vietnam policies of past and present Administration will not yield now, even though the most recent military developments have conclusively demonstrated the failure of American efforts to Vietnamize the Vietnamese. Those legislators who have expressed verbal opposition to continued U.S. involvement in the War are still reluctant to support measures which might jeopardize their own political careers...
...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...