10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHRASEMAKING»
Discover the use of
phrasemaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
phrasemaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Safire's Political Dictionary
Other presidents, notably Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, had a
genius for phrasemaking. In politics, however, every talent is attackable; among
Woodrow Wilson's nicknames were “schoolmaster in politics,” “coiner of WEASEL
...
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than cotton, \ stronger than tissues, \. ORACLE. CONTINUED agencies, confused
by the changing markets of consumers, implore the professor to tell them what ...
3
Public Speech and the Culture of Public Life in the Age of ...
Without entering into an extended discussionof Disraeli's phrasemaking, the
enduring quality of many ofhis phrasesis evident in the recitation of a few: “that
fatal drollery called arepresentative government”; “the Prayer Book may be divine
...
4
To the Lighthouse (燈塔行):
Hesaid themost melancholy things, butshe noticed that directly hehad said them
he always seemed more cheerful than usual. Allthis phrasemaking was a game,
she thought, for if she hadsaid halfwhat he said, she would have blown herbrains
...
All this phrasemaking was a game, she thought, for if she had said half what he
said,she wouldhave blown herbrains out by now. It annoyed her, this
phrasemaking, and she said to him, ina matterof fact way,thatitwas a perfectly
lovely evening.
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Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
Allthis phrasemaking was a game, she thought, for if she hadsaid half what he
said, she would have blown her brains outby now. It annoyed her,this
phrasemaking, and she said tohim,ina matter offact way, thatitwas a perfectly
lovely evening.
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Justices, Presidents, and Senators: A History of the U.S. ...
But Fortas's scholarly and structured style, his penchant for effective
phrasemaking, and his additional year on the bench prompted the Court experts
to give him a “near great” rating, an entire category higher than Goldberg. In view
of his brief ...
Thus Teng T'o, for years editor-in-chief of "Jen-min jih-pao", wrote an article in a
November 1961 issue of the Pekin fortnightly "Ch'ien-hsien" ("The Front") which
he entitled "Empty Phrasemaking" and in the course of which he said: "Some ...
The new dramas were superseded more and more by the old tested favorites —
evidence of the theater's power of resistance against empty phrasemaking — and
countless operettas, principally by Lehar. It is interesting to note that Hitler's ...
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After Sex?: On Writing Since Queer Theory
... phrasemaking, conversing, reading around, rephrasing, listening, nitpicking—
spreading out into the lateral spaces often drowned out by the demands of
argument and of interlocutors who want ''ways out'' while I'm still looking for ''ways
in.
Janet Halley, Andrew Parker, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHRASEMAKING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
phrasemaking is used in the context of the following news items.
Mrs Engels review: X marx the heart
For all Lizzie's articulacy and colourful phrasemaking, that shrewd and loveless voice of a person on the make is unrelenting. McCrea does do ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
'Kill Granny'?: Chiaroscuro bashes Bonacic for backing end-of-life bill
Rivera now sits on the Court of Appeals. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union). Who says the days of memorable political phrasemaking are over? «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Boris Johnson irons out his maiden …
As he droned greyly on – Sir John Major minus the charm or originality – his phrasemaking plumbed new depths of banality. Labour had been ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Rudyard Kipling's first World War tragedy
By Kipling's standards, this was a piece of doggerel, but even here his genius for phrasemaking is apparent. The poem's closing lines would ... «Irish Times, May 15»
You Are When You Eat: Study Explores Body Clock Effects On Blood …
... to offset the health effects of overnight work. Hat-tip to Haley Bridger of Brigham and Women's for phrasemaking “You are when you eat.” ... «WBUR, Apr 15»
The Irish Times: 150 years of influence
... the headline writers' propensity to encapsulate complex affairs in pithy phrasemaking, and suggests that editorial high-mindedness depends ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
Nat Young and the '74 Surfabout
Or when Joe Turpel's adenoidal phrasemaking worms into my prescription-fortified pyramid of calm. But the new men's world champion is ... «Surfer Magazine, Feb 15»
Jawbone: The trials of a 16-year-old can't-miss startup
Magical pronouncements roll off Rahman's tongue, calling to mind the silvery phrasemaking Steve Jobs once deployed to sell his wares. «Fortune, Jan 15»
The Obama Brief
... Nevada, makes him more comfortable with close political combat than with polished phrasemaking. When Reid was a law student, at George ... «The New Yorker, Oct 14»
Why party conference speeches don't matter very much
What really matters is not a few minutes of nice phrasemaking and emoting for the cameras, but the long, hard slog from here until May. «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
