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May 20, 2012

reddening (or blushing) adj.: erubescent

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The president’s high job approval rating has been a source of mystery to many pundits and to Republican Party stalwarts. Most (including this pundit) assumed the public release of the report by independent counsel Kenneth Starr and its erubescent details about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky would turn off voters and ultimately destroy Bill Clinton’s presidency. (Bonnie Erbe, “Families Feel President’s Pain,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, 9/26/1998.)

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