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...even when not invoking ethnic stereotypes, Steele’s uncontrollable logorrhea has never failed to undermine the Republican message. For example, during the debate of the Democrats’ stimulus plan, Steele audaciously proclaimed that “You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government—federal, state, local, or otherwise—has never created one job. It’s destroyed a lot of them. It’s hampered a lot of them.” This is a curious statement considering that the very job that Steele...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: You Reap What You Sow | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...this review, the movie's not for you. Anyone over nine can expect the movie's antiseptic energy to get enervating; G rating can be grating. The long dialogue scenes, meant to create the Act II Troy-Gab separation that will be resolved in Act III, often devolve into logorrhea. Tip to parents and kids: when the two leads start talking seriously, go for your popcorn and pee breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Musical 3: The Critic vs. The Kids | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...this review, the movie's not for you. Anyone over nine can expect the movie's antiseptic energy to get enervating; G rating can be grating. The long dialogue scenes, meant to create the Act II Troy-Gab separation that will be resolved in Act III, often devolve into logorrhea. Tip to parents and kids: when the two leads start talking seriously, go for your popcorn and pee breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High School Musical 3: The Critic's Review | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Despite this logorrhea of lamentations, our political leaders are reluctant to apply this apologetic demeanor to their own conduct. Never once has the President said, "I am sorry about the way we raised money for my 1996 campaign." Instead, he has resorted to bizarre arguments like claiming that the White House coffees were designed to assuage his loneliness. Soon Clinton will be reduced to blaming the whole thing on Libyan hit squads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAMA MIA, THAT'S A MEA CULPA | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

...libido and stupid schemes; John Cleese, all British pomp, phlegm and cluelessness; Jamie Lee Curtis, still innocent of the effect her form encased in a tight dress can have on impressionable males; Michael Palin, just plain innocent, but with his former stammer replaced now by another verbal disability--logorrhea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ANIMAL RITES | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

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