Word: brained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result of the major brain damage accrued from an improper diet of leopard face and dinosaur crispitos, Early Man believed that the Hiss Joke was the end all. The current mainstream hypothesis is that "fine herbs" on our chicken is the causal element today, but regardless of the roots a cure must be found. It is inconceivable to continue life with hisses erupting over any professor's slightest mention of Yale, or that there might me a modicum of work due at any time for the class...
Doonesbury has earned Trudeau a reputation for ferocity: in the waning days of the 1980 campaign, a character in the strip toured a largely vacant expanse purporting to be "Reagan's brain." The President has returned the compliment. A devoted reader of what he calls the "funny pages," Reagan blasted the strip in October 1984, and has since said that he always skips over Doonesbury. Yet Rap Master Ronnie is outwardly as genial as the President it satirizes. This Reagan (Jim Morris) smiles incessantly; he may be befuddled but he is never cruel. That was a strategic choice by Trudeau...
...fight. It's a fire in my gut. But I'll tell you something." His tone grew hushed, as he finally could give personal testimony to an ancient warning. "It damages you up there. I know after that last fight I've been damaged. I've lost some brain cells...
...loveliest, most self-revealing story appears near the end. Birds of a Feather is an ode to the woodcock, that plucky, reclusive little game bird of the uplands. Preparatory to a hunt in upstate New York, Humphrey reads up on the bird. "He gets curiouser and curiouser. His brain is upside down. His ears are in front of his nose . . . Like the woodcock, I too am an odd bird; I know I am, and I would change if I could, because being odd is uncomfortable, but, no more than the woodcock can, I can't, not anymore...
...Health the Ethical Committment: A year-long offering that would explore the ethical mission of health services, and how to choose a specialty. Emphasis on brain and plastic surgery, and finding tomorrow's high-paying specialities today...