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...bleak and patronizing" and its humor -typified by such lines as Dolly Madison saying "I must go feed my parrot, his language is becoming scandalous" -unbearably flat. While some found Bernstein's score strong, rich and melodic, others said it was "self-derivative" and unable to rescue "a bum idea that has arrived in confusion...
...That's part of my image, unfortunately, and I have to deal with it if I expect broad-support. It springs partly from my strong positions on welfare. I think welfare destroys human beings. I really think I've had a bum rap on caring about people who need help...
...thought he was a wino. I asked him how he got hurt, but he never replied. When we got to the [Sands] hotel, he asked me to drive him around the back and asked me for some money. I had quite a bit, but I figured he was a bum so I gave him a quarter." After learning that his two-bit handout might bring him a 600 millionfold return, Dummar suffered a nervous collapse and at week's end was heavily sedated under a doctor's care...
...sold so far, and liquor stores report that the Cows are a live stock indeed. Heublein's ads show Cow bottles grazing in a green pasture and describe how Malcolm Hereford, a fictitious bull breeder, invented the drink. Concludes Hereford: "A Cow-on-the-rocks is not a bum steer...
...sugar-futures trader, the painstaking craftsmanship of a calligrapher and the face-to-face charm of a successful encyclopedia salesman. He must win people's trust in order to clean them out. Where other criminals can hope to muster enough luck to succeed, the passer of bum checks relies on finesse and self-confidence honed to fine arts...