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Word: asses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...REAL. Nothing is worse than some smart-ass who thinks a half-finished liberal arts education is of any value or use whatsoever. Summer jobs only come in two flavors: menial and boring. Behind door I is construction, road work, and painting. Behind door 2 is shuffling papers, adding long columns of numbers, and sleeping behind the Xerox machine. Take your pick...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Summertime Blues | 5/15/1987 | See Source »

...television series you do a premise. You do one pilot, one script, you sign a contract and what it basically says is that you will do the work that we send you and you're not going to be a pain in the ass about it," Howard says. "You don't get a vote...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: Ken Howard: Leaving Hollywood for Harvard | 3/18/1987 | See Source »

...private self and his father (Jamie McInnes) work secretly together to provide continue slapstick comedy. During afternoon tea, Gar predicts every word the elder O'Donnell speaks. When the old man describes his problems with travelling (his bowels cease to function), the unseen alter ego screams "bound by the ass, tethered by the toilet" to the delight of the audience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Theater | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

...warm, sweet-smelling atmosphere of ice cream and music behind the counter always floats me into a completely primal mode of being. I drift and bop in a peacefully chaotic world, popping taster spoons until my stomach bloats, bullshitting with my fellow scoopers, or flying into smart-ass raps with the customers...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Primal 'Scream | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...seemingly carefree aspects of a homeless person's lifestyle. "I always had a fantasy about being a bum. I thought it would be a kind of freedom," he says. But Marshall discovered that concerns about his next meal and finding a shelter were "a pain in the ass...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Living and Filming On The Street | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

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