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Word: alabamans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slyly anti-Semitic; he uses a tone of barroom xenophobia on "Jose," his multipurpose Mexican bashee. He says, "Listen, Mr. Hashimoto [the Japanese Prime Minister]," as if he meant "Mr. Tojo." Buchanan is almost as brilliant at populist bullying as George Wallace was in the days when the Alabaman ranted at "pointy-headed intellectuals who can't park their bicycles straight." After reviewing Buchanan's quotations over the years, even one who loathes political correctness and hate-speech codes is likely to start seeing their usefulness. In any case, if it quacks like a bigot, then it probably should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STINKING TO HIGH HEAVEN | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...People always tell me to do 'Run, Forrest! Run!'" Hale says, in a reference to celluloid football hero and Alabaman Forrest Gump...

Author: By Janet C. Chang, | Title: Like Race, Regionalism Can Be Cause for Bias | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...Heflin's first order of business upon his return to Washington was chairing the Senate Ethics Committee investigation of the infamous Keating Five, which included the same John Glenn. A Heflin spokesman says the ad "just didn't fit in" with campaign plans, but wiser heads had advised the Alabaman's office about the impropriety of using Glenn -- who eventually received a mere slap on the wrist -- as a character witness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's What Friends Are For | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

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