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Word: bernard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BERNARD MERGENDEILER was first sketched by Jules Feiffer in New York City in the late 1950's. An upper-class urban liberal, about 25 years old, he was anxiety-ridden and obsessed with sex, but he usually had to settle for platonic "meaningful relationships...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Last Laughs | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

...Bernard's friend Huey, on the other hand, was a suave, muscular brute. He was apolitical, insensitive, and preoccupied with sex. "If I had any respect for girls, I'd never make out," he once told Bernard. And he always got what he wanted by abusing urbane women tired of "meaningful relationships...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Last Laughs | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

When John F. Kennedy entered the While House, Bernard was given a role model. Here was a dashing, handsome leader who reputedly made it with famous gorgeous women. Bernard tried, too, but he continued to have personal problems, tortured by women who would draw out his most intimate personal secrets and then break up with him. Many of them ditched him for one-night flings with Huey...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Last Laughs | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

...decade progressed and the war divided the country, Bernard kept up with the times. His frustration turned to anger. He became hostile toward the opposite sex--sometimes openly. Huey balded, got married, and sold air conditioners...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Last Laughs | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

...Bernard's life was going down the tubes: his wrath become disillusionment, his world view one of a fraud. The futile search for the right woman lost some steam. Since the Bicentennial, Bernard has all but dropped from sight...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Last Laughs | 11/23/1982 | See Source »

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