Example sentences for: kirkpatrick

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  • This group includes Bill Kristol and his Weekly Standard , Jeane Kirkpatrick, and other neoconservatives.

  • The writer does not explore what might happen if, as critics fear, "rogue states develop the capacity to attack our cities," as former U.N. delegate Jeane Kirkpatrick put it.

  • v] I guess that “older” means `anyone older than Kirkpatrick,' which I happen to be; but, while it is a matter of fact (and of record) that I do seek to impose restrictions, they are directed against inept, ineffectual, inaccurate language and poor style.

  • Some very talented people have brought their knowledge to bear on everyday questions and problems of language in this book: Martin Manser, whose Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary was favorably reviewed here [XIV, 2]; Betty Kirkpatrick, editor of Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary ; Jonathon Green, compiler of the Thesaurus of Slang, Newspeak , and a Dictionary of Jargon (soon to be reviewed here); and John Silverlight, who writes a language column in The Observer , which I have not seen.

  • Turning to the Introduction, written by Betty Kirkpatrick, we read, “There is a school of thought prevalent mainly among older people which seeks to impose a kind of restriction on language that is not imposed on other areas of life.”


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