Word: fucked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...policies. The protests organized by ACORN--a national group of neighborhood groups in poor areas--were not the only shows in town: the protest veterans of the 60s, the Yippies, staged their pot smoke-ins; the punks did their "Rock Against Reagan" concert (chanting "Eat the Rich" and "Fuck Off and Die" when the Republican delegates came streaming out of the convention center nearby, battling to be heard over a loud school band hired on short notice by the Republicans); and the crazies did their War Chest Tour--walking around the city, splashing the 'facades of capitalism' such as banks...
...going to have to support him anyway, so what the fuck, get off your ass and vote," lectured a Mondale whip in the middle of the Massachusetts delegation during the voting...
...naively, but always intelligently, ride successive waves of shock and betrayal together. The strength of their dream propels them through daunting encounters with everything from tunnel rats to border patrols. In one hilarious scene, Enrique makes use of a friend's advice to pepper his speech with the word "fuck" in order to convince a pair of immigration officers that he is a Mexican...
...humburget cum-candy store. It's a way of life Customer who come to the basement of Briggs Hall for the fried egg sandwiches. Wacker Burgers, and Maull frappes are soon indoctrinated by workers sporting T-shirts with cockroach emblems on the front and the slogan "we don't fuck around" on the back. And they mean it. This year, managers plan to feature weekly jazz concerts in conjunction with South House Music Society...
Only toward the novel's close are the layers of hate and obscenity stripped away--only when this is accomplished does Eddie begin talking with us. A stubborn, tenacious adolescent, he sees himself as a "man who has lost all but has not surrendered a fucking thing... And here, when we want, finally, to put our arms around him and hear more, he shrugs us off and retires behind a cloak of scorn, finishing. "Fuck you, cock sucking bastards! You can all go straight to hell!" But that's his problem...