I Think We Have A Need To

Sir Alec Douglas-home, When He Was British Foreign Secretary, Said He Received The Following Telegram From An Irate Citizen: "to Hell With You. Offensive Letter Follows."

Color And Bite Permeate A Language Designed To Rally Many Men, To Destroy Some, And To Change The Minds Of Others.

Carter Is The Best President The Soviet Union Ever Had.

You Don't Overturn A Previous Court's Decisions Lightly And I Think Most Americans Are Somewhere In The Middle On Abortion And There's Not Going To Be A Revolution Here At All.

Sometimes I Know The Meaning Of A Word But Am Tired Of It And Feel The Need For An Unfamiliar, Especially Precise Or Poetic Term, Perhaps One With A Nuance That Flatters My Readership's Exquisite Sensitivity.