Word: bum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have to take them dives for the short-end money." Steiger says, "Oh, I had some bets down for you. You saw some money." And Brando replies, "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley...
HARTFORD, Conn. — On July 4th, one thousand rebels rushed the state capitol, shouting the battle cry: “Throw the bum out!” The bum was Senator Chris Dodd, the occasion, a tea party. For three hours, Dan Reale, a 27-year-old Libertarian from Plainfield, Conn., passed a microphone to speakers who denounced Dodd and other politicians for shackling their constituents to an ever-growing national debt. Critics call these people fire-eaters, but I call them conservatives—conservatives who are looking for a leader...
...every nerve, and she shows a gift for tart comedy here too. To get her job done, Jackie needs to be part nurturer, part con artist, part stand-up comic. "What do you call a nurse with a bad back?" she asks in a voice-over. "Unemployed! Ba-dum-bum...
...tobacco companies at all, just the smokers. A lot of them are on a tight budget as it is,” said Michael L. Nachbar, a student at Tufts University. Nachbar added that he sympathized with serious smokers. “I’m never going to bum a cigarette again,” he said. But other residents said they approved of the newly implemented tax. “I’m a big fan of taxing commodities like cigarettes instead of taxing necessary goods,” said Zachariah P. Hughes...
...hour performance explaining the intricate mechanics behind Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.” Asking the audience to clap the rhythm and sing the tune with a series of “bum” and “bo-da-ga-bum,” Kapilow helps the audience become more familiar with the music. After these mini lessons, the grinning conductor poses “quiz” questions, requesting that the audience answer with a unanimous “Tempo!” or “Accompaniment...