Word: dammit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being used on you as well." The argument did not go down well with a disgruntled Soviet correspondent, who might have been expected to be more tolerant of the relentless ideologizing. "This is all silly schoolboy rhetoric," he said. "Let's get out and see the war, dammit...
Beyond that, cooking for Dr. Simon is the kind of learning experience that has occupied his professional life: "If your first recipe fails, you say, 'Dammit, I have to try it again.' It's like medical skills: Why did you miss that diagnosis? In the kitchen, as in the hospital, you learn something about human imperfection...
Government borrowers face a similar deterrent: the necessity of applying to Moody's and Standard & Poor's, the credit-investigating agencies, for ratings for their bonds. The foreigners, says Koerner, thought that ignominious: "Their feeling was, 'Dammit, we are a sovereign country. Why should these private American companies come and tell the world whether or not we have done a good job?' It was a bit like asking someone to take off his pants in front of someone he did not even know." Wall Street underwriters stress that going to the agencies is part of growing...
...Scotland last year decided to sell out, Hunt Oil purchased his 15% interest. "In the space of one week we bought in and were drilling," boasts Ray. The drills promptly struck a major pool estimated to contain as much as 500 million bbl. Says one crusty Texas oilman: "Dammit, he's got his father's luck...
Instead of being a prize to attract to Harvard its traditional scholar-athelete, it has now become a prize for general excellence, he said. "Dammit, we still like to beat Yale," he added...