Word: damn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...temporarily straightened up. Disorder follows me wherever I go--it took hours to clean out my office at The Crimson when I finally handed over the presidency. Andrew, the new president, has apparently learned his lesson; the office is now spartan but orderly. In my opinion, Andrew is pretty damn together, frantic outbursts aside--he knows how to throw things away...
...system, also knew that spreading the benefits around to everyone would shield Social Security from political attack. He funded it through a separate payroll tax to keep it closely identified in the minds of voters as a payback for their working years. That way, he once said, "no damn politician can ever scrap my Social Security program...
Nothing would more damn a book about boredom than if it were boring. Patricia Meyer Spacks's Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind largely avoids that awkward possibility: as literary studies go, in fact, it's a real walk in the park...
...came out to meet him (there were more of them than of us) and I started snapping away. I saw my classmate Karena Gore '95 in the middle of the reception line and thought I'd have the perfect Harvard angle for my shot. But there were so many damn Kennedys that I ran out of film by the time he got to her. It was too bad, because he stopped when he saw her, gave her a kiss and chatted for a while...
...year-old Broadway revival of the 1955 musical Damn Yankees needed a kick in the pants. So last week the cast got a fresh face, and it is the audience that's getting the kicks. The new boy is JERRY LEWIS, playing the devil. Those who doubted that the veteran comic (69 next week) could play the part without stealing-or ruining-the show have to give the devil his due. In previews (he opens officially this Sunday), Lewis' performance has been mostly shtick-free-and has drawn standing ovations. Says Lewis: "I'm bringing some of my insanity...