Word: furiously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some would say he was also a very good predator. Stories of Diller's temper and hauteur still raise hackles around many a Hollywood campfire. It's said that Diller, furious at Fox programmer Stephen Chao, threw a videotape past Chao, making a dent in the wall; Chao framed the dent. Thus does Diller, whose stare can go through you like a power drill, inspire passions and animosities. Says a studio executive: "People who have worked for Barry and then escaped have a secret handshake. They consider themselves lucky survivors, like the Schindler Jews...
...This must be what the founding lawyers had in mind when they concocted the heat-of-passion defense. Radio host Rush Limbaugh with 20 million listeners had an on-air epiphany, when he played the tape for his listeners and found out it was another man that O.J. was furious about. He took pleasure in pointing out that O.J. was only yelling. He broke down a door, big deal. He didn't break...
...decision to take no action ignited a behind-the-scenes flap in Washington. While the State Department went along with Gaviria's decision to withhold the recordings from the public -- "We can't interfere with elections," explained a State Department member -- some officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration were furious. "No one did anything," said one. "They allowed this travesty to take place. Everybody, including the U.S. government, is participating in this cover...
...much change, from the days of his raw, painful childhood, as add layers, coats of polish that only occasionally peeled. One day he was making a television commercial in Oakland, California, and fell into his first language, the street-corner argot of his gang years. Furious with himself, he stopped the shooting, regrouped and then said he wanted to do it again. The second try went perfectly. "That's what happens when I spend too much time with my boys," he said. "I forget how to talk white...
...final moments of The Game last fall, Harvard's annual battle with Yale. After being down by 16, Giardi had led a furious Crimson comeback which had brought the team to within two, 33-31, but that seemed to be about as far as the team would...