Word: crass
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Husband Skied into a Tree, so She Took His Job, Changed Her Hair and Tried to Impeach the President. This hypothetical song title may sound crass, but don't be surprised if it's the next hit for country star Brian Prout, of the band Diamond Rio, Congresswoman MARY BONO's new boyfriend. For a person with no prior political experience, Bono has generated some of D.C.'s juiciest headlines. Her latest jaw dropper comes from an interview she granted political rag TV Guide, in which she claims her late husband's addiction to prescription pain killers...
...kind of a fraternity, but with a positivegoal," he said. "We can be crass...It's a malebonding experience, like when you have guys' nightout...
...simulacra, whose most characteristic museum is dedicated to the memory of Liberace, what room is there for the clean, piercing, complex presence of real works of art? Not much, you'd think. Any public work of art is apt to pale to invisibility beside those neon signs and huge, crass, mock-Hellenistic sculptures. Nothing a mere environmental sculptor could make would have much luck in drawing the eye away from, say, the outside of the Mirage, with its foaming waterfalls and its artificial volcano that erupts on a regular schedule after dusk, except when (a sign informs you) the weather...
...Americans-almost. But our neighbors to the north differ in at least one important way: they celebrate Thanksgiving in October. As they have for the past 15 years, the Harvard Canadian Club, in an attempt to create a familiar atmosphere for Canucks abroad at Harvard while distancing themselves from crass U.S. customs, coordinated with the Dining Services staff to set up an elaborate annual buffet...
...disputes that the behavior exhibited by the President in the Starr Report was crass and distasteful. However, it is exactly this visceral reaction that mandates that the American people and Congress resist rushing to judgement by calling for the President's resignation or impeachment. Reason must take precedence over emotion...