Word: sounded
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...here. The city is not solely an object of scorn for being clumsy and cold. The very idea of Washington is hated too. And both the idea and the fact of the city have now become so confused in the public mind that expressions of contempt for the place sound as if the city had done the complainer some personal injury: "It is impossible for me to express the depth of feelings I've seen around this country about Washington," says Columnist Richard Reeves, who worked as a national political reporter in Washington from 1972 through...
...This may sound melodramatic. But it happens to be the truth. It lends added point to the perennial debates about whether the basic constitutional structure of the office should be "modernized." Certainly we should consider such proposals as limiting the President to a single six-year term, or creating a second vice presidency to assist with day-to-day oversight of the Executive Branch. However, while we can dream about tinkering with the constitutional arrangements, the fact of the matter is that whoever is President for the next four years will have to deal with the office...
David Riesman, Ford Professor of Social Sciences, attributed Carter's sound defeat partly to an unusually small participation in foreign-policy debate by women. "Organized women got off the track by devoting themselves to ERA and feminist issues instead of war and peace," he said...
...sound just a little bit trite, tonight, and Saturday and Sunday's semifinals and finals at the University of Vermont, are for all the marbles. Or all the plane tickets west...
...deserve the presidency, and most votes for one will be votes cast against the others. Surely, the voters are reminded, there are gradations of evil. Surely, many reason, Carter is worth supporting, if only to keep Reagan away from the button and the Supreme Court. The argument is sound in some ways; Carter is pertibly less unnerving than Reagan. But the difference between the men is not large enough to warrant support of Carter. If the incumbent represented the spirit of the Democratic Party, if he stood even in name for progressive social and economic policies, then Carter would...