Word: booed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immensely impressed by the war in the Falklands." He suggests that countries stuck in irreconcilable disputes "rent the Falklands and fight their battles there." Mailer is asked about homosexuality, another subject on which he has been illiberally truculent: "My feeling is, and you're all going to boo at this, homosexuals want to become heterosexual... If you're homosexual, you might have to ask yourself what God thinks of you." Some of the students look pained or unhappy, but no one boos...
...disingenuous rationale for voting against a black. In a satirical fantasy, Tribune Columnist Bill Granger describes Washington and Epton waking up one day with their skin colors miraculously switched: those in front of St. Pascal Church who had attacked Washington as a "crook" quickly reverse field and boo the now black Republican as a "Nixon lover...
Harvard did regain control-capturing first place finishes in the next six events and sweeping up second in all six for good measure. Included in the string were double wins by sophomore Can Watson on the one and three meter boards, an phenomenal 100 free clocking by junior Boo Tyler to edge teammate Miso in 46-83, and a one-two sweep by freshman Peter Egan and Dave Lubitiz in the 200 fly-a Chappell specialty...
...something," said Sergeant L.P. Eckert, "and sure enough it was the bear." The animal, which disappeared again, was Boo-Boo, the 20-month-old, 250-lb. black bear cub that belongs to Broadcaster-Sportsman Ted Turner, 43. Boo-Boo had escaped from the pen she shares with Yogi, the other bear that Turner keeps for his children on their 5,000-acre South Carolina plantation. Away on business, Turner has missed the ensuing ten-day bear hunt, which by week's end had resulted in only two uneventful sightings. Says Johnny Godley, Turner's plantation manager, about...
Neither side can claim moral righteousness; both merit a resounding boo. For Britain to consider the islanders' views in determining sovereignty is like asking white ranchers to resolve Indian land claims with the U.S. Government. And for Argentina to occupy the islands, which are more than 400 miles from the mainland, is diplomatic insanity...