Word: childishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police chief in a feud over traffic tickets issued to his family, and was seen tossing a pat of butter at a county official during a dinner meeting. Last October a citizens' committee charged Boyle with abuse of power, denounced him as "irresponsible, petty and at times downright childish" and called for his ouster...
Even former newsmen tend to hold onto these reassuring beliefs, as they might to an old teddy bear. It is this relunctance to put aside childish things that causes the poor fellows now and then to walk the plank for no good reason, instead of lying...
...only did their activity severely restrict Bok's options, but it was a sad commentary on the 350th. The only contact that these best and brightest would have with the present student body was a childish shouting match in which the two groups matched their self-righteousness...
...Bedroom Window. She plays a sultry, sophisticated woman, a "black angel," as she puts it, who cheats on her husband and fails to report a crime because it might reveal her affair. After many roles as a youthful seductress, Huppert welcomes the change of face. "My characters were more childish in my other movies," she says. "In The Bedroom Window I get to play a real woman...
Galvin called Kennedy's approach to defense budget cuts "Childish at best" in a recent interview, and said he supported a tax reform that would institute a minimum corporate tax and increase revenues without an across-the-board increase...