Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...international community has put Saddam under a form of house arrest. His air force cannot fly to the south; his army cannot march in the north; he dares not venture for too long into the sunlight for fear of encountering a smart bomb or a dumb bullet with his name on it. Led by the U.S., the U.N. is using sanctions, inspections and the threat of military retribution to whittle down the scope of his authority to his palace and his bunker. The hope in Washington is that sooner or later, someone in Saddam's inner circle, or more likely...
...luckily for me, I'm not that dumb--I had my insurance card with me. The police officer behind the bullet-proof glass window handed me a pink slip and told me that "Pat's Towing Service" was just a straight walk down the street--straight and straight and straight. It was in Somerville. Past Inman Square. (I always wondered where that was.) Past about 12 car repair shops, each of which made me think that I was close to my destination...
...defense wasn't as strong as we thought it was. We just made some dumb mistakes," Co-Captain Chad Barker said...
...That really did it." Like many small-town Midwesterners, Seman is so polite she seems awkward when angry. "Look how upset I am," she says, visibly quaking. Catching her breath, she fires one last salvo: "Bush had four years, and now he talks about change? Hah! Just how dumb does he think...
...last week's Nielsens. Hartman plays a former hooker who shares her pad with a lawyer (Jennifer Beals -- remember Flashdance?), an actress (Drew Barrymore -- remember E.T.?) and the actress's scheming sister (Tuesday Knight -- remember silly stage names?). Director Joel Schumacher launched the series with a lot of dumb style; it's just the sort of + flashy bauble that could bring prime-time soaps back into fashion...