Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even for some Republicans on the committee, Bush had gone too far. When he got to read the FBI report, Warner conceded that the document could readily lead to "credible differences of opinion" on what conclusions could be drawn from it. Bob Dole, who is not on the committee, noted that the President "was not totally accurate" in assessing the report. Nunn observed coldly, "That's the President's opinion, and I'm sure he thought carefully about it. It's not my opinion...
...Broadway misses Robbins. For a decade or so after his abdication, the American musical was dominated by choreographer-directors in the Robbins mold: Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune. Today, though, Broadway is little more than a posh road stop for the British musical; the '80s' three signature smashes (Cats, Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera) were born in London. Jacobs tacitly acknowledges this when he proclaims Robbins "a genius, probably the genius of our time," then adds, "God pity me if Andrew Lloyd Webber hears that...
When I typed on the keyboard, nothing appeared on the screen. The cursor was nowhere in sight. I hailed (I'll call him "Bob") again and explained my problem. He gave me a disdainful and impatient smile and said, "Well, what do you do when that happens?" and rushed away to help someone else...
...Well, Bob," I muttered through my teeth, "if I knew I wouldn't be asking." I racked my brains--the computer booklets have nothing about this sort of situation in them--and resorted to Bob again. He hinted that I needed to press a specific button. I hit "break" for lack of any other option; it worked...
Should I find that I need to use the University's computer system, it won't kill me not to have the commands memorized. I could simply look them up, or better yet, ask a member of the computer room staff--like Bob, for example...