Word: shorthanded
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...HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SPEAK TO EACH OTHER? WERE YOU ABLE TO USE YOUR SHORTHAND FROM LIFE TOGETHER...
...such principles, everything becomes a power struggle. There is now a demand for the study of non-Western civilization, nonmale, nonwhite. Aristotle is seen only as a white Western male. So is Karl Marx. My book was written by a white, Western male, which means, in this kind of shorthand, there must be something wrong with it. One knows that the charge of sexism exists, and if you're called a sexist, it's a kind of crime. It's like the old days in the 1950s, when people had to be careful about things that very powerful critics could...
...abrasive’ a lot,” he says. “Maybe I overused that. I think it became a cliché, as it was such an easy way to capture him. Everyone would agree that he’s certainly a brilliant mind, and abrasive was shorthand for perhaps not always being sensitive to others’ feelings. I think it was a reputation that continued when he was at the Treasury because he would be outspoken in dealing with reporters and wasn’t afraid of tackling difficult subjects...
...whatever the precise makeup of the government, much of the campaigning -to the extent that there was any-by the major parties presented voting as a means of ending "the occupation," the unflattering shorthand used by Iraqis across much of the political spectrum (including members of Allawi's own cabinet) to describe the U.S. presence. Opinion polls continue to show that a majority of Iraqi voters want the U.S. to leave immediately after the election, and a new government, whatever its makeup, will be expected to respond to that sentiment...
...corporate managers and faced down an $11 billion debt when he had no cash to spare. But there is one thing he is unwilling to do: celebrate. Tyco has finished its first solidly profitable year since its notorious former CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, turned the little-known industrial conglomerate into shorthand for greed. But Breen is not planning any parties (toga or otherwise). "If we lost our focus, that would be terrible," he says...