British prime ministers don't leave a legacy — they leave a phrase, and the greatness of that phrase will owe everything to a magical ability to summarize the period in which it was spoken.
Noam Scheiber was out with a great new piece last week contrasting Elizabeth Warren's political message and priorities with New York City Mayor's Bill de Blasio, where he described Warren's populism as the "anti-government left," an intriguing phrase.
An unidentified man had then told the reporter to leave, using a phrase that it summarised as, "don't show your face here again".
Dujarric said that the UN's peacekeeping chief, Herve Ladsous, is currently "on leave," a phrase that is often used to refer to UN staff on vacation.
There's a bit of fluff here, for sure, and the phrase "had it all" leaves a bit of a sour taste in our mouths.
The "hard left", a long- discarded phrase, was present in many guises and behind many initials.
In addition, when not carefully checked that the complete intended expression is used, the search interface truncates the expression after 256 characters without warning and might leave a short meaningless phrase or term that increases the number of false positive results.
More recently, the same phrase left a roomful of journalists stone-cold when used by another manager, Mind Your Language-style, a couple of years back – about something as bog-standard as another team winning a couple of matches to creep up the table – apparently oblivious to the startled expressions and shuffling of feet in front of him.
A few days ago, the Wildrose Party Alberta's Official Opposition posted a seemingly innocuous picture on its Facebook page of a big-ass boat leaving a harbour with vague phrases typed on top like "I support the Northern Gateway pipeline" and "tell [Premier] Rachel [Notley] to secure our economic future".
Plan to avoid using any phrases that leave a whiff of hope.
