Word: damn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Damn! The economy is strong. Production, sales, incomes are up. More people are finding jobs. Damn! Nobody on Wall Street would use those exact words; they sound too hardhearted. But the essential thought is voiced by many analysts trying to explain last week's sudden bust in the stock and bond markets (which is no easy job). In extenso, their reasoning goes like this: a strong economy threatens a revival of inflation, at least in the minds of the governors of the Federal Reserve Board. It also means higher interest rates: automatically, because of rising loan demand from business...
Gideon Mendel, Network Agency: "Photographers are aware that violence is a valuable commodity. When I heard that some photographers had been at ((the execution; Mendel shot the aftermath)), I said, 'F---, I missed the event.' That's a rather peculiar thing for a human being to say. 'Damn, I wasn't at the scene of a killing.' I am disturbed at seeing hoards of photographers chasing after violence, although I am a part...
...mind being an oddball," he says. "I kind of enjoy it." His inner urgency to know everything has subsided. "I don't try to read the hot line that somebody sent me or the latest column. I mean, 'Who's up, who's down' -- I don't give a damn anymore." The flinty code of propriety that has always weighted him is in evidence. Only a few close friends know his doubts about Clinton's stewardship. They go to the nature of the man, questions about his resolve and principles. Bush has questioned some of Clinton's policies publicly...
...Damn fine playwright, that Shakspeare. Problem is most people today just don't seem to enjoy him. Crying shame. But how to get it across to them? People today just want to stare blankly at a movie screen for entertainment... Hang on a second--I have an idea...
...GIVE A DAMN ANY MORE...