Monday, March 19, 2007

Condoleeza Pleeza


Asked on CBS's "The Early Show" to say what the
administration could have done better, she said that, early on,
officials "might have looked to a more localized, more decentralized
approach to reconstruction.


Okay, let's do some basic vocab here....localized, defined, would be -> To confine or restrict to a particular locality.   Decentralized, defined, would be ->
To undergo redistribution or dispersal away from a central location or authority.

So unless I'm reading it wrong, which is quite possible, not likely, but possible, Condoleeza is using what could arguably be antonyms in succession.  General rule of thumb, if you're more of one word,  then you should be less of previous word's antonym.  It's kind of the basis behind opposites.....

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