Word: overblown
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...dedication to educational funding, President Clinton seems to have found a truly beneficial use for his brand of Democratic conservatism, heretofore correctly seen as unambiguous capitulation to a Republican agenda. In his State of the Union message to Congress two weeks ago, the president promised--in somewhat overblown rhetoric--"a new kind of government--not to solve all of our problems for us, but to give all our people the tools to make the most of their own lives." We are thankful that in the president's budget proposal for fiscal year 1998, such sloganeering translates into dollars for schools...
...boarding schools are falling apart, we need not waste our tears on them. Hicks, in his tired defense, cannot help romanticizing the past glories of the American boarding school. He himself seems convinced that the boarding school's best days are over. His caricature of modern-day adolescence is overblown and unconvincing, while his recommendations for the future are nearly nonexistent. We should, without attacking today's teenagers, let the American boarding school bow out gracefully...
Levering has no illusions about his chances against David Dreier, an eight-term incumbent with a multimillion-dollar war chest. But the retired history professor believes that Dreier's reputation as a moderate is overblown, and hopes Dreier's votes to cut social programs like food stamps and school lunches will mark him as a "Team Gingrich" member who should not be playing in Washington...
...most unctuous portions of its latest publication, and by naming those who appear on the masthead. What does surprise us is the response he apparently elicited. Someone within our community decided that the best way to let Peninsula know that he or she disapproves of its inflammatory and overblown rhetoric was to tape a swastika to the door of one of its members. Apparently, linking Padilla to the genocidal reign of the Nazis was seen as an appropriate and effective way of pointing out how oppressive and irrational his beliefs are. The only thing more amazing than how narrow-minded...
...hungry and hypercritical America, winning a presidential election without having one's name smeared is virtually impossible. Many forces work to expose the personal lives of public officials in America today, including perhaps their own ethical breaches, but we should not provide a demand for the incessant barrage of overblown snafus we now face...