Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trial of Boston area rapper Raymond E. "Ray Dog" Scott v. Braintree police who beat and arrested him after accusing him of using a stolen credit card begins...
Most Americans have few qualms about embracing the rawest form of dog-eat-dog capitalism (including the only health care system in the world based entirely on private profit), and yet their unwillingness to label anyone as intrinsically less worthy and their commitment to "being nice" indicate a sense of compassion. Some might see a contradiction, but I think there's a logic behind it. Merciless selection seems less objectionable if we insist that no one is intrinsically unfit. The losers are victims of circumstance, who, in principle at least, can be helped to succeed...
Before venturing out to California for a taste of West Coast-style workouts, make sure to be well-versed in gym etiquette. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and you've got to be like an aggressive hawk if you're ever going to land a treadmill machine. Sign-up sheets count for nothing in the real world. Once you've acquired that sought-out machine, finish your sets and remember to wipe it down...
...sexual adventure (with Joan Cusack's Jessica the cowgirl). That's a lot for an earnest little cowhand to handle. But the gang from Andy's bedroom (led by Tim Allen's Buzz Lightyear, naturally) offers him daring, good-humored support during his multiple crises. Just getting Slinky the Dog, Rex the Dinosaur and Mr. Potato Head across a busy street is a task of Schwarzeneggerian proportions--but funny. Pixar's improved computer animation is up to all the demands of this excellent adventure...
Remember when the U.S. attacked Kosovo, and everybody accused the President of "wagging the dog" - attacking a Central European country to divert public attention away from a sex scandal? Well, it turns out Bubba may have just been trying to get back in the good graces of his wife. At least that's the history of the Balkan conflict according to the First Lady's latest biographer, Gail Sheehy. In her forthcoming book "Hillary's Choice," Sheehy says that at the height of Monicagate, an enraged and humiliated Hillary went eight months without talking to her husband, before calling...