Word: bum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Brooklyn Bum...
...wave of nostalgia for Strom Thurmond REV. IAN PAISLEY In a flagrant bid for the non-lusty, un-fleshy folk-dancing vote, Irish-Protestant politician attacks folk dancing that "aids and abets fleshy lusts" MICK EASTON Survivor contestant requires medical attention to remove a bug that burrowed into his bum. That's his story and he's sticking...
...amazing and talented people, to be sure, and beloved friends. But close association with them can be a bit tough on the ol’ self-esteem. The only one I feel a kinship with is the friend who’s going to Colorado to be a ski bum for a few years, though I’m sure he’ll win an Olympic skiing medal at some point...
...movie-star mastery. "Well, Did You Evah," an old Cole Porter tune dusted off for the occasion, is a clever thrust-and-parry duet, and Crosby effortlessly gets in the best jabs. In one bridge he ends the phrase "baba au rhum" with his trademark "bu-bu-bu-bu-bum." When Sinatra sing-snarls, "Don't dig that kind a croonin', chum," Crosby speaks his response with a withering vagueness, "You must be one of the newer fellas." The Crosby-Sinatra animosity is, of course, all banter - the Hope-Crosby rivalry set to bubbly music - and exquisitely realized...
...bum steer by its military was also a reminder that China needs better coordination. Last year Beijing established a body similar to the National Security Council to ensure that information gets shared. But in its first test, the new body failed Jiang. "Maybe now the government will speed up this arrangement," says a foreign policy adviser in Beijing...