Word: vividly
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...asking for a good deal of trouble because, if his judgment is wrong, people will not forget his imagery, nor will they let him forget it. A politician who uses a metaphor ineptly is in worse trouble still, because he will be remembered for being both vivid and confused-a condition not unknown among his peers, but of no personal advantage. The only politician ever to get away with the constant use of metaphors was Ike, and that was because he yoked imagery with obfuscation. Of the British he said: "They have a long row to hoe, and they...
...competitiveness of Ivy League football, the importance of receiving a Harvard education instead of attending a school with a more recognized grid program, attitudes toward and treatment of athletes, and the drama and emotions of The Game are all still vivid memories for former Harvard gridders who made it big later...
Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts--easily recognizable to politicos and football fans alike--played split end for the Crimson in the 1955 Game, and his memories of the contest remain particularly vivid...
...characters underplay too far. Isenberg in the role of Viola leaves a bit too much to the script. Hailed by other characters as vivid, brilliant, sensitive, this Viola does little but throw up her hands in despair as she is mistaken for her brother, attacked by Toby and Aguecheek, adored and insulted, and made a pawn of. The play's grand denouement scene falls prey to this gradual slowing of pace, seeming just a bit too serene as a set of twins and two pairs of lovers are reunited...
Gossip has always had a terrible reputation. A sin against charity, they said, quoting St. Paul. The odd, vivid term sometimes used for it was backbiting. The word suggested a sudden, predatory leap from behind-as if gossip's hairy maniacal dybbuk landed on the back of the victim's neck and sank its teeth into the spine, killing with vicious little calumnies: venoms and buzzes...