Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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The fact is that New Leftese-a combination of evangelism, German sociology and Madison Avenue-does a marked disservice to itself and the ideas of the people who use it. For the New Left has made substantial contributions, particularly in painfully rubbing the American conscience on a number of issues...
As of now, though, the New Left is one part idealism, two parts the posture of idealism. Pretensions exceed performance, and New Leftese is one measure of the distance between the two. The New Left justifiably aspires to regenerate the body politic. But all too often New Leftese turns out...
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