Word: arens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shoot too embarrassing, I decided to go with two Civil War-era favorites, dandisprat and mutton-thumper, both of which could have been included in Jefferson Davis' comedy routine, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Whatever People Did Before Television." But in general, O'Connor says, such words aren't necessary. "If you wanted to say I saw the most fabulous f'-in' game, you don't need that other word. Fabulous is a good enough word." This fabulous game, I assumed, was some sort of figure-skating event. If fabulous was the alternative, I was sticking with cursing...
...Just as the sins of the fathers aren?t visited on their sons, there?s no sound reason for assuming that the progeny of great leaders will make great leaders themselves. But the Inheritors benefit from a considerable nostalgia ?- maybe a secret longing for a monarchy? ?- which gives political brats an electoral advantage that goes well beyond name recognition. Consider the dynastic allure of surnames such as Kennedy, Bush and Gandhi. (Of course it helps when the candidate can be at once Inheritor and White Knight, a political neophyte with an epic last name, such as India's Sonia Gandhi...
...pulses racing, and tend to diagnose, rather than feel, your pain. But those not blessed with the charisma of the Crowd-Pleaser or the Healer can work a different seam of political frustration ?- the perceived need for new thinking to break traditional ideological molds. Voters know the old models aren?t working, so a candidate such as Bill Bradley who can appear to be a deep thinker unburdened by partisan baggage has a kind of White Knight appeal to the more serious voter. The Thinker is the cerebral voter?s Healer...
...know, I know. Cigars aren't just for grandfathers anymore, or even just for men. And in case you missed the cigar's rebounding popularity, there are plenty of cigar magazines, cigar dinners and cigar charity auctions to remind you. What they don't emphasize--but what doctors have known for a while--is that smoking cigars on a regular basis significantly increases your risk of developing emphysema as well as cancers of the lung, lip, throat and esophagus. Last week the New England Journal of Medicine added to that grim list, reporting that cigar smoking also boosts your risk...
...other. For a week co-host Adam Carolla, who had gone to the Grammys with one of the Dixie Chicks, believed she was sending him gifts. These gifts included flowers and a 6-ft. sub with a note that said, "I will not be ignored!" TV hosts, I learned, aren't the smartest people on staff...