Word: fairings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fair to say that to almost all Americans the name Kennedy represents all the Democratic Party should be--innovation, progress and vigah. To many, Joseph Kennedy, the first in the newest generation of America's royal family to run for public office, is the hope of the Eighth Congressional District to recapture its past glory. President John F. Kennedy once held the seat and for more than three decades Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House, has represented the district. Joe Kennedy doesn't need any fancy commercials to create a persona; he was born with...
...fact, the list of contributions is impressive, if something of a mess. We have our inventiveness to celebrate, our efficiency, the dollars. Old pluck and luck, hard work, can do. We have our generosity to celebrate, our respect for the rights of others, fair play--in principle, if not always in our conduct. We celebrate the principle. National good nature; we have that to think about as well, and laughter at ourselves. "Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddam radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system," said Al Capone...
...absolute monarchy, a magic kingdom for real, in which 20,000 people would work and live in a totally controlled futuristic environment: no slums, no landlords, no voting control. Fortunately the plan fizzled, and Epcot became what it has been since its opening in 1982: a combination world's fair and science fair with the Disney touch...
...Arab side, the sense of betrayal is deep. The Arabs feel that Washington has moved closer to Israel than ever before, thus endangering U.S. strategic interests and abandoning claims of being an honest broker. The erosion of the American image of fair-mindedness, says a high-ranking Egyptian official, risks "the destruction of goodwill accumulated over many years." Secondly, though they understand the U.S. reaction to terrorism, the Arabs are shocked that the U.S. appears to blame the outbreak on the entire Arab world. Says Ashraf Ghorbal, a former Egyptian Ambassador to Washington: "Terrorism has become the lens through which...
What makes this line even funnier than it sounds is that the speaker is 17- year-old Paul Stephens (Christopher Collet); that his coconspirator, Jenny, is played by a picture of innocence named Cynthia Nixon; that the exchange takes place at a high school science fair, where the competing projects involve things like soap bubbles and gerbils--and that they really do have an A-bomb in her auto...