Word: damn
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Responding to a student's comment that the course was nicknamed "Guilt," Coles said, "What's wrong with guilt? It's a damn good thing...
...competence at The New Yorker eventually bored him. In 1938, he and Katharine moved to a 40-acre farm in North Brooklin, on the Maine seacoast. Ross was flabbergasted by the desertion of his most valuable player: "He just sails around in some God damn boat." Farming and rural life enchanted White, although he wrote Thurber in 1938, "I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens." He kept tending to both, writing a monthly column called "One Man's Meat" for Harper's magazine between 1938 and 1943. He continued to contribute to The New Yorker...
...Damn," said Ronald Reagan a few days ago, after reading TIME's description of the well-tailored suit Gorbachev wore in his interview with the magazine. "I've been wearing a pinstripe suit like that for five years, and they didn't notice." He's taking that suit to Geneva...
...terribly disappointing to have faith in someone as a role model and have them turn out to be tainted," complained Gladys Roost, 80, a Dodger fan in Los Angeles. Shirley Murphy, 33, a secretary in Baltimore, agreed. "It is a damn shame that these guys can't depend on their talent to see them through," she said. Declared Ralph Bass, 63, a Texas Ranger booster: "Making that kind of money, they ought to set a better example...
...President "doesn't give a damn" about the issues really bothering the people back home, huffed House Speaker Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts. Even members of the President's own party questioned his political agenda. "Tax reform is certainly not the top priority in Kansas," said Senator Nancy Kassebaum. "There are too many other emotional fights...