Word: bastardization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dancers rose about 40 percent when they reached their peak fertility. Literature winner David Sims also said he was “delighted” to learn that he would receive a prize this year. Sims was awarded for his study on conflict, entitled “You Bastard: A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations.” A follower of the Ig Nobel Prizes, Sims said he believed the awards were “a lovely idea. Laughter is part of how we open our minds up.” Amelia...
...running 200 to 1 against the bailout leveled out. He said half the callers were thrilled with his no vote but "the other half are looking at their 401(k)s drop[ping] $50,000 in a day, and they call and scream at me and say, You rat bastard, I'm never voting for you again!" Representative Elton Gallegly, a 64-year-old California Republican who voted no, said his hostile-call ratio went virtually overnight from 40 to 1 to a mixed bag--and he can understand why, because he lost $50,000 in savings on Monday...
...after the huge market drop, only about half the people calling his office congratulated him for voting against the bill. "The other half are looking at their 401(k) drop $50,000 in a day, and they call me up and scream at me and say, 'You rat bastard, I'm never voting for you again!' " he says...
...Islamism to the 21st century, but he is not so different from the Americans in not knowing how to stop it. While “The Second Plane” is a bracing and thought-provoking read, it is ultimately irritating in its unsubstantiated smugness. Being a cold-hearted bastard isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but against such blind hate, mere hate won’t solve anything.—Staff writer Jillian J. Goodman can be reached at jjgoodm@fas.harvard.edu...
...that's the other thing about this Themedia Elite. He's one fickle bastard...