Word: darned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sell shoes in the wintertime." Generally, he faults his own generation, himself included, for resolving that its children would have everything better, depriving them in that way. "They don't play any better now than we did. There are just so many of them that play so darn well. But if they never had to win enough on Friday to pay the rent, I wonder if deep down they can know what's really inside them." Or exactly who they are. -By Tom Callahan
...course, can ignore the perils of the nuclear age or domestic problems like poverty, hunger and crime. But the candidates and their aides should at some point be concerned with summing up the whole. The presidency is macropolitics. The whole right now is pretty darn good by almost anybody's standards. As Horace Busby, who used to counsel Lyndon Johnson, said the other day, "What I have begun to hear in this decade is a wonderful chorus of celebration. Americans are newly proud of their country, they like their work, they feel good about themselves . . . a miracle is occurring...
...might open the pores of leaves, allowing acid rain to leach vital nutrients. Or acid rain may cause harmful changes in the chemical composition of the soil. Rain may also deposit toxic heavy metals that damage plants' root systems. Says Richard Phipps of the U.S. Geological Survey: "The darn thing is a heck of a lot more complex than we ever thought...
Adds Minnesota's Magrath, "Political plat forms don't mean a darn thing...
...voice and sneaky shy smile have previously cast her as the noble loser; here she shows that those emblems of vulnerability can hide reserves of humor and resilience. This is a wonderfully American kind of acting: technically resourceful, but unforced and radiant. Heart Like a Wheel is a pretty darn good movie, but Bonnie Bedelia...