Word: barbed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...feel that you asked Miss California a fair question, but do you regret the harsh treatment she received for answering her question honestly? - Barb McClintock, Houston I think by entering the Miss USA pageant, she made herself a public figure. If a civilian were to answer that question, would I think the response that she got was appropriate? No. But when you become a tabloid figure, which she did, the rules change. (See the top 10 beauty-pageant scandals...
...When it comes to credit, let us help syndicate the corresponding money for Ukraine, but this should not be only Russia doing this," he said. "At the end of the day, it is not us who have problems paying." Yet, observers see Medvedev's comment as more of a barb than as a viable suggestion. "I would be surprised if the E.U. felt that [helping Ukraine purchase gas from Russia] was an appropriate use of their funds," says Niall Trimble, director of The Energy Contract Company, a consulting company based in England. "In order to rebuild relations, Russia needs...
...Sharps” is based on Vanity Fair—isn’t the riot he expected; and co-worker Alison, played by Dunst, is really mean. Dunst and Pegg are like most wacky onscreen pairs who get off on the wrong foot; it becomes obvious within several barb-filled minutes that their relationship will end happily. Most of the movie manages to be at once cringe-inducing and entirely unfunny. It’s clear the actors are attempting to satirize Hollywood, but since most of the jokes are about transsexuals or the vapidity of actress Sophie Maes...
These days, as more and more people join social-networking sites, comment on opinion-sharing sites like TripAdvisor.com and Yelp.com or otherwise participate in life online, personal attacks against individuals and businesses on the Web are being taken more seriously than ever. Barb-trading has escalated - sometimes in front of thousands of witnesses - and so too have the ways in which the maligned are fighting back. Many try to discredit their attackers by posting a rebuttal to the offending post or by asking website managers to remove disagreeable material. Some folks sue their critics for defamation. Still others take...
That last barb has little to do with energy policy, of course, and nearly everything to do with the McCain campaign's desire to paint Obama as lite, aloof and out of touch. It's a story line Republicans have used against Democrats for a generation and one that McCain's team dusted off in late July with an attack ad that mocked the "Obama, Obama" chants of Democratic supporters. Then the McCain campaign released a televised spot that compared Obama to America's favorite vapid celebrities, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The spot barely aired as a paid...