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Bill Clinton, Meet George Orwell: Study Reveals Examples of Big- Government 'Newspeak', According to NTUF
From: U.S. Newswire
Date: 20040623
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- During the same week that will mark the 101st birthday of the late political author and "Newspeak" prophet George Orwell, bookstores began selling the memoirs of a former President who once debated the meaning of the word "is" - one of many ironies raised by a new analysis from the non- partisan National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). Research from NTUF has uncovered 14 examples of the Orwellian Newspeak that is alive and all too well in Washington, DC today.
"Orwellian words and phrases proliferate in virtually every policy area of our ...
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