Word: washyness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The next day, I had the ugly task of dealing with a situation gone out of hand, because I hadn't been honest with myself or with anyone else. I had listened to well-intentioned but uninformed roommates instead of listening to my own feelings. Because I had been wishy...
CALIFORNIA. The seat occupied by Republican Pete Wilson is hardly warm: not since 1952 has its occupant been re-elected. To extend that tradition, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy has been husbanding his cash for a final blitz to rescue his ailing campaign. Wilson is vulnerable for being wishy-washy...
Statistics like these are probably less important than personal perceptions. After the debate, Larry Kirsch, 57, a factory worker who has survived layoffs, and his wife Mearl were at the center of an argument about the local economy. Finally, Mearl turned to her friends and complained laughingly about her husband...
Clearly the word is out of fashion. In the 1950s the term progressive was a euphemism used by Americans who didn't want to admit to being Communists. Today it's used by people who don't want to admit to being liberals. In the radical 1960s, when my ears...
The "Vote for Me Because I'm Cool" posters and position papers that flourish around election time don't help either and produce the same wishy-washy Council year after year. Maybe next year we can see some posters that advocate censuring final clubs and support a campaign to persuade...