Word: flatterers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This sometimes led to absurdities. On a state visit to Ottawa in 1972, an advance man decided that the tan furniture in Pierre Trudeau's office would not flatter Nixon on television and took it upon himself to redecorate the Prime Minister's private office with blue-covered sofas. He was stopped at the last minute by an incredulous associate of Trudeau almost incoherent with rage...
...writing this sort of book, Bloom begs to be compared to C.S. Lewis. The comparison does not flatter him in any way. Lewis could get away with gross reliance on unalloyed religious faith because he also possessed an H.G. Wellsian flair for description of other worlds. Lewis never lost sight of the individuality of his characters, nor the need to entertain his readers. Bloom misses both Lewis's faith and his skill...
Three hundred years ago, Moliere wrote a comedy about a man named Alceste who abhorred insincerity. The Misanthrope chronicles Alceste's refusal to lie, flatter, praise or soothe in the manner of polite society. The Misanthrope, now playing at Lehman Hall, is unsatisfying theater...
...truth is often flatter than fiction...
...National Security Council staff and the State Department, plus the NSC's security planning coordinator, Samuel Huntington; its science and technology specialist, Benjamin Huberman; and the Pentagon's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Morton Abramowitz. Despite the size of his entourage, which is certain to flatter his hosts, Brzezinski is not expecting concrete results. He told TIME: "This is not a tactical trip. It is designed to emphasize that our relationship with China is continuing and longterm, based on common interests. It's not a negotiating trip per se, although if it serves the goal...