Word: washyness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Macon's whites are a tad cynical about Gore. "I've heard some people wonder whether he's too wishy-washy," says Lawing, "trying to look more conservative in the South than he really is." Competition from foreign textiles and other imports worries people, and Gephardt's protectionist message might...
THE UNIVERSITY must punish those who violently violate the rights of guests with serious penalties, such as requirements to withdraw. And the University should discontinue its wishy-washy response to those who engage in acts of civil disobedience. Those who violate clear standards of respect for speakers and listeners--standards...
Auclair called the secret vote a "spineless, wishy-washy move." He said college President Catherine A. Tissinger is also unhappy with him, "but at least she can tell me why she is mad."
EVERY YEAR there is an abundance of undergraduates who decide to become doctors, lawyers, or assorted corporate workslaves because they can't think of anything better to do. They tend to be generally intelligent, in a wishy-washy nonspecific Harvard liberal arts sort of way, and mortally frightened of the...
Ronald Reagan, wimp? Dove? More wishy-washy than (gasp!) Jimmy Carter? Not only were those strange-sounding accusations ringing out last week, they were coming from people who are normally among the President's staunchest supporters. Reagan, they charged, is letting his eagerness for an arms-control deal and a...