Word: asse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brutally candid at times. Some participants felt painfully uncomfortable listening to the President pleading, although not contritely, for understanding. Called on to give his views, Republican Senator Barry Goldwater pulled no punches. "The only time you have us down here," he complained to Nixon, "is when you get your ass in a crack and want us to get it out for you." As others laughed nervously at Goldwater's coarse language, Nixon stared stonily, obviously irked at the remark...
...whereas most actual crimes are solved through plodding legwork and tips from informers. Complains Manhattan Detective Lieut. Richard J. Gallagher: "You don't ever get clues like they do on TV." Gallagher points to a sign on his desk reading GOYA/KOD. "That stands for 'Get off your ass and knock on doors!' and that's how homicides are really solved...
Making an analogy with the passivity of the Catholic Church while six million Jews were killed in Germany, Drinan said, "If you want something to happen, you can make it happen. The one thing that can allow the situation to end in a mo ass of failure by the people to act is your silence...
...Jean Harlow: "Always waggling her ass, looking for millionaires...
...says. "Human qualities should come first whatever you do. In art you have to be concerned with the primary action independent of the way your product can be used. And the primary action has to be done with openness and friendliness. You see, in business they do it all ass-backwards. Everybody competes with everybody else for a whole year long, and when it's all over at Christmas time they have a party and be nice to each other. You have to start out being nice, then you let your work habits flow from there...