Word: awful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gift for depicting heroic men whose moral code is something short of Benedictine. "No one wants to see the flat good guy or bad guy that's just popcorn for the eyes," Neeson argues. "I'd hate for an audience every time they see me to think, 'Aw, the day is goin' to be saved--he's such a nice...
...general disbelief could be felt in the air; and in the dramatic pause after he had been abused to his face by those same cynical reporters, when his whole face was trembling with anger and disillusionment, the guy behind us could be heard murmuring, in perfect Jimmy tones, "Aw...
Typical comments en route were "Wow!" from the fast lane and "I don't need to go faster" from the slow lane. They might have added "Zowie!" and "Aw, shucks" as well, because for Boston drivers to get so excited over a commuter lane shows just how benighted the Boston road system...
...that point, Meyer called Bennett directly. "He seemed bewildered and flustered," says Meyer. "He wasn't a smooth talker. There was an 'aw, shucks' atmosphere to it all. At the end of our conversation, when I put down the phone, I actually liked the guy." But when New Era tried to pressure the college into silencing Meyer, the professor sent letters detailing his suspicions to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the irs, the U.S. Attorney General's office and finally the Wall Street Journal...
Jones understands that he has set himself up for many such threats. He realizes too that in the coming months it will be necessary to explain repeatedly to Americans horrified by the blast why the Timothy McVeighs of this world deserve legal counsel. But the Louisiana-born, Texas-bred, aw-shucks county lawyer tells Time that he is fully prepared to stick with his role as champion of the underdog. After all, he has supported losing causes before: Nixon and Roger Dale Stafford, Oklahoma's most notorious death-row inmate, and his own three unsuccessful bids for electoral office. Says...