Unilateralist
Article Abstract:
Delicacy in the selection of words freighted with unsavory political connotations is considered. "Unilateralist" is shunned because it implies an unyielding approach deemed diplomatically incorrect. The word "emollient" appeared suspiciously in numerous supposedly independent reports of a NATO conference.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Not!
Article Abstract:
The feature film 'Wayne's World' has popularized the fad of expressing the opposite of an affirmative sentence by adding the word not at the end of the sentence. The political use of 'electability' and 'winnability' is also discussed.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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The rage rage
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The term 'rage' is being used to describe public reaction to the 1992 political campaign. A discussion of the term and its synonyms is presented.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
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