Word: cats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shop at Studio City. He sees himself as a kind of digital Robin Hood among a corrupt and venal press. "Journalists aren't supposed to make money," he says, in a tone that's spoiling the taste of my Frappucino. "I've got enough to feed me and the cat, Dexter. And enough to shine my shoes...
...cheating, commentators around the world were finding other ways to minimize Deep Blue's triumph. CHESS, SHMESS! COMPUTERS STILL CAN'T HANDLE THE TOUGH STUFF, said the headline on a Boston Globe article that noted how much trouble machines have understanding a sentence or telling a dog from a cat. Britain's Daily Telegraph observed that computers "cannot be properly original" and that there is still no "decent tennis-playing robot." Thus were the Telegraph's readers assured that they and their kind remain "nature's last word...
...bosses of these geniuses were, for the most part, miserly dolts who never tested positive for a sense of humor. Fred Quimby, boss of the mgm staff, disliked Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera's first Tom 'n' Jerry cartoon so much he forbade them to make any other cat-and-mouse films--until exhibitors demanded more Tom 'n' Jerrys...
...millions but the state was on the verge of collapse. By then President Liu decided the time had come to make a leap in another direction--and Deng collaborated with Liu's economic reforms. During a visit to Guangzhou, Deng declared, "It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." It was his way of arguing that any method could be tried as long as it meant the people could eat. The words would later be used against...
...plays." The croissant lover who had once commented that no one could be truly civilized without having dined out was despised by radicals. His feline remark became evidence against him. Along with fascism, treason and a raft of other crimes, Deng was accused by some Red Guards of promoting cat...