Word: butte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that a valentine is a picture of an open heart. As director and co-writer, he is careful to make Buddy a not-lovable guy, one who uses his wife (Julie Warner), his daughter (Mary Mara) and especially his way- too-long-suffering brother (David Paymer: excellent) as the butt...
...commentary on human nature, but people sure seem to enjoy having a common object of ridicule. Harvard of course is no exception. P.C. had its day, until people realized how few truly P.C. individuals they actually encountered. The Society of Nerds and Geeks used to be the butt for many a barb, but heaping scorn on them is now considered passe. Besides, only the truly meanspirited could be harsh on a group so willing to go through self-deprecation at a campus where students take themselves far too seriously...
...when the company's African American journalists are recalled from that period, they are not credited with having come up with one helluva great idea--perhaps the best news programming any employee has produced until that time. Rather, they are mostly recalled for having been a pain in the butt all those years...
...than half the daily newspapers of the nation have no minorities representation whatsoever. The number of minorities in broadcasting is actually going down. Until minorities have a place at news-deciding tables, the few non-whites in a place will continue to be reduced to occasional pains in the butt...
...venerable tradition on TV. But the gang-stomping of Dan Quayle at the Emmy Awards ceremony two weeks ago resembled a Rodney King beating by the Hollywood elite. Quayle, TV's favored whipping boy ever since he made Murphy Brown a campaign issue last May, was the butt of what seemed like every third joke onstage. Comedian Richard Lewis said he would "run away" if Quayle ever became President; Robin Williams, in a clip from the Tonight show, described Quayle as being "one taco short of a combination plate." Candice Bergen, accepting her Emmy for Murphy Brown, sarcastically thanked...