Word: butler
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...transcripts, of course, might be considered funny in themselves. But Gelbart amplifies the circuitous and consistently evasive discourse of today's politicians by writing in what he calls "half-speak," a play on Orwell's double-speak. A perfect example of half-speak comes when key witness Steward Butler (Harry S. Murphy) says (or rather, doesn't say), "I can only reiterate what I've repeated before...
...principles in pursuit of material success, and so on. What makes Emerald City striking is that Williamson has the gift he attributes to his onstage surrogate: an ability to bring characters alive. He is aided by beguilingly energetic performances from Daniel Gerroll as the screenwriter and Dan Butler as the hustler...
...names of also-rans to the deacons who govern the church and it will shred all the papers in its double-locked filing cabinet. "If it is known you are a candidate and don't get the call, it is very rough," explains search-committee chairman J. Richard Butler. One church that publicly named several finalists years ago lived to regret it: one of the rejected ministers was so crushed that he suffered a nervous breakdown...
...Doug Butler, QB, Princeton...
Dukakis' populist appeal is an elite-seeking missile homing in on the pocketbook. He suggested that Bush's proposed capital-gains tax break would help the privileged few "hire a second butler." He derided it by using the example of a taxpayer who reported capital gains of $515,132 between 1985 and 1987. Such a taxpayer would save $22,000 a year. His name: "George Herbert Walker Bush...