Word: bulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Just about every day on Sproul Plaza therewould be someone sitting there with a bull horn atlunchtime trying to have a rally about this orthat or standing on the steps giving a speech,"says Loebl. "We would sit at lunch, toss a frisbeeand watch...
Perot, to be sure, boasts a formidable asset: a political-bull detector that can cut through the fog of Washington-style obfuscation. His one-liners can be devastating. On the budget: "The chief financial officer of a publicly owned corporation would be sent to prison if he kept books like our government." On the gulf war: "Only in America would you have a war, get it over with and have all the heroes either be generals or politicians." He also deserves credit for taking stands that run counter to the timorous can't-tell-the-truth-to-the-people philosophy...
...said Ignatiev could have held a roundatablediscussion to address the issue, but instead actedlike "a bull charging in a shop...
There are several sports in which the price of a ticket buys a knot in the stomach: car racing, bull-fighting, high-diving. No one wants it to happen, but everyone knows it might. And that is why we watch. You admire the skill and the grace, but you can't avoid the fact that you are paying to watch people risk their lives. He makes a living facing danger for your entertainment...
...weeks ago I saw bullfight in Madrid. I didn't enjoy it very much. The killing of the bull did not disturb me, I just didn't see the point. The matador has all the advantages. But there are always those horns. After three bulls were killed that day, it finally happened to a matador. It didn't bother...