Word: chews
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...admiration for what they see as the laudable discipline of Singapore, they don't realize that the ruling People's Action Party has created a climate where citizens must live in constant fear and intimidation of their government. There aren't many nations where it's a crime to chew gum or even to forget to flush a public toilet...
...lyrics, by Javerbaum, are consistently funny, and --surprise!--heavy on the puns. Especially clever is the revue of Romanized Broadway songs spoofing everything from West Side story to Grease to "XLII street," and for the gladiator rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." ("For it's chew, chew, chew on a person...
...insulting commercial programming: "The week all three networks had Amy Fisher shows on revealed absolute contempt for the human race." And so, as he turns out his single page for each week, he humbly paraphrases Peter De Vries' acid remark about Henry James and hopes that he will not chew more than...
...soloists streaked to the end of the piece. Zukerman, finally able to speak fully in the broad chords of the second motif, was visibly enthusiastic. Perlman read the third movement flawlessly and contributed in volume and exuberance to the finale. Zukerman bit off a bit more than he could chew with his last low chord, but the mistake was hardly noticeable. In any case, the end was greeted by a lengthy and well-deserved standing ovation...
...Senate Finance Committee to wrangle over a replacement plan that included some combination of a gasoline tax and cuts in Medicare. The negotiations will be tense as the committee struggles to meet its deadline this Friday. Said Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, the Administration's economic point man: "Sometimes I chew...