Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts) and Ryan Leaf (San Diego Chargers), the top two picks in this year's draft. In the first third of their first season, they've been in long division on their best days. But on most Sundays it has looked as if the dog ate their homework. Both 22, they've been at or near the bottom of ratings for quarterbacks, and it's fair to say there has been nothing this ugly on a football field since the leather helmet...
Manning vs. Leaf in Indianapolis. The Dog Day Afternoon Bowl. The nice boy you'd want your daughter to marry versus the one she'd probably rather torment you with. And the result? Nobody on the field should have been paid more than $40 before taxes. Manning and Leaf were characteristically bewitched, bothered and bewildered at times, and mediocre overall, which was a step in the right direction. The Colts got their first...
...discussion mainly focused on Wag the Dog, the popular film whose plot sparked comparisons to President Clinton's actions during the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal...
Zollo shared a similar opinion regarding the much talked about "Wag the Dog syndrome," implying that the movie was not far from the truth...
...spin stories such as the one in Wag the Dog, Mamet said, "I think this is true of writers--I'm sure it's true of politicians. They say, 'Who would believe this?' And yet [the people...