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Word: asses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problematic MX, he figures, will be canceled when it comes up for a vote in Congress next spring. Therefore Reagan should "not push this thing... I don't think he can win it, so why get your ass knocked off?" Besides, Goldwater admitted, "my heart has never been in" the fight for the new missile, partly because it seems there are plenty of nuclear weapons already. "I'm not one of these freeze-the-nuke nuts, but I think we have enough, I think [the Soviets] have more than enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speaking His Mind | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

...used to be very leery of telling a professor to get his ass out of an inaccessible classroom. I'm not anymore," he says. "If I know about it, most of the time a problem can be solved...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko, | Title: Breaking Down Barriers | 12/8/1984 | See Source »

...nail, drew special condemnation for its vulgarity. Another work--a print of the "Mona Lisa" with a moustache drawn over the famous smile and the phrase "L. H. O. O. Q." under it--was roundly criticized for its irreverence. The phrase, roughly translated, means "she has a hot ass." The Dadas also sponsored "readings" which consisted of random gunshots or the din of a sledgehammer pounding on sheetmetal. The aim of this group, beyond sheer insanity, was to destroy the foundations of what makes art, and thereby to undermine one aspect of a society they saw as inherently evil. Their...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Dada Redux | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...almost subdued tone. Bush nearly squandered his debate performance, however, by refusing to back away from his erroneous assertion that his Democratic opponents had said that American Marines killed by terrorists in Beirut had "died in shame." He was overheard claiming that he had "tried to kick a little ass" in the debate, then made light of the gaffe, apparently in the belief that it would add macho to his preppie image. All this led Columnist Joseph Kraft, who has admired Bush, to write, "Unless the real George stands up, the general impression will be of a foolish fellow unfit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '84: The Loyal Figure in the Wings Awaits His Call to the Stage | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...second exotic subject is more mysterious, almost surreal. It is a zebra mare, which had been brought from the Cape of Good Hope and given to Queen Charlotte in 1762. This "painted African, ass," the first seen in England, was installed in the royal menagerie at Buckingham Gate. When he came to paint it, Stubbs set it in an English wood, its black-and-white hide in almost shocking contrast to the green tunnels of boscage and filtered shade that stretch behind it. It is as though one had taken a wrong turn in the Forest of Arden and encountered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art:George Stubbs: A Vision of Four-Legged Order | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

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