Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acting: "People assume I've been robbed of my childhood. I don't think that's true. I've gotten something extra. Most kids, all they have is school. That's why they get so mad when it's boring and feel so bad if they fail. I have my work; I know how to talk to adults and how to make a decision. Acting has spared me from being a regular everyday kid slob. I used to think of it as just a job, but now it's my whole life, it's all I want...
Opponents to the law claim the law is ineffectual, and cite the figures: Only three payments, worth about $75,000, have been made since the law was passed in 1977. But what they fail to recognize is that the principle behind the law is more significant than the compensation victims receive...
...like to look at the Simpsons' relationship to the Fox network. What makes the Simpsons so funny, at the most basic level, is that they are losers. Given an opportunity to screw-up--lose a million-dollar law suit, lose a bet, louse up on the job, fail at school--the Simpsons, at least Bart and Homer, will almost invariably come through. No matter how stupid our children are at school, they will never match Bart. No matter how badly we do our jobs, Homer does his worse. (In fact, what makes Lisa so boring is that she never screws...
...democratic society if we fail you now," Cyr told the crowd...
Bush and Gorbachev have been trading nuclear reduction speeches on international TV, but they shouldn't let the momentum fail...