Word: bastardizes
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...every turn. Only by raising voices of protest against all injustice and malevolence and misguidedness will the nation return to its true ideals. At the polls in November and through the mounting criticism of the Administration, we can revive those American dreams worth fulfilling, and awaken from the bastard dream of Reaganism...
...Labor, and 22% the Social Democrat-Liberal alliance. Said a senior Thatcher aide of the British spirit: "We do take a long time to rouse. We avoid it. But when we are roused, there's no stopping us. The ordinary working man in this country is a much tougher bastard than he is given credit...
Roger Rosenblatt's suggested response to a potential book borrower ("I'll break your arm, you bastard!") is understandable, but far too mild. The gentle-minded Mr. Rosenblatt is a pale descendant of the medieval book lover who, in the same circumstances, customarily responded by suggesting disembowelment, torture or excommunication...
...knows?" Thompson, who is only 32 himself, does offer and explanation for the story's appeal, and his answer is doubtless the right one. "There is tremendous love in the film. It is about imperfect people loving each other. The Henry Fonda character is a real bastard when you get down to it, but Hepburn puts up with him anyway. Everyone wants someone like that-to put up with him until he dies...
...keep, that all life's gifts are transitory. Should we not follow the clerics? Or might we just for once summon our true feelings on this subject and, upon hearing the terrible question, smile back and speak from the heart: "Mind? I'll break your arm, you bastard...