Word: whimperative
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...Life During Wartime" set the pattern for the whole new generation of war songs: no protest but a whimper, no hope but many prayers. With the fatalism of a musical form that matured while protesting one war and lives today to witness the conception of another, rock and roll waits for World War III supine, recumbent. It's as though, faced with ICBMs and oil embargoes, musicians are starting at their electric guitars and drum kits and shaking their heads, paralyzed and powerless...
...surprising that South Korea's military dictatorship has tried to clamp down on democratic forces in an effort to consolidate its grip. Nor is it surprising that the regime refuses to cleave to democratic principles, particularly when the U.S. does nothing more than whimper. It is time, then, for Carter to surprise everyone by sticking to his pledge to support human rights and to decry violators of democratic precepts. Given that South Korea is a "strategic ally" and given the investment the U.S. has sunk there, it is as obvious a place as any to start...
...business of selling magic, and our return is joy." Contrasted with other tokens of affection and celebration, like chocolates, balloons are not fattening; unlike flowers, they do not need watering or sunlight. And when the party's over, they can go out not with a whimper...
Their opponents, the Seattle Sounders, played listlessly. Either they felt over-confident, sporting a league-leading 21-3 record compared to the Cosmos' lazy 16-7 won-lost tally; or perhaps they lost confidence, their fury reduced to a whimper by 60,812 roaring New York fans. Or maybe the heat bothered them. At 8 p.m., the thermometer reported 95 humid degrees, enough to weaken even those hardy souls from the tropical neighborhoods of Seattle...
Comfortable though Reagan is at the moment, he, like Carter, is the target of widespread public dissatisfaction. Some of the frustrated voters may go to Anderson, but many more may end up not voting at all. The primaries finally end this week-with a whimper, not a bang-but the 1980 presidential campaign still has a long...