Word: gotta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprises begin when visitors are greeted by a smarmy host provocateur, who gloats from a jumble of video screens. "Hey, there! You look like average people," he says. "I mean, you've gotta be above average or you wouldn't be in a museum in the first place, right?" Pause. "Of course, we all have our limits. And we should. There's no reason to accept the lousy way certain people drive, f'instance -- not to mention how the you-know-whos do business. But I can tell you're not like them!" The host, who pops up regularly throughout...
...spinning down expectations. In early January, aides began to back away from his improbable plans to provide tax relief to middle-class Americans, spend $20 billion on infrastructure this year, oppose a gasoline tax and still cut the deficit in half by 1996. Explained a top economic adviser: "You gotta let people know we're gonna do some tough things...
...that ("My mind's playing tricks on me too") while simultaneously justifying his high anxiety. A native of South Central Los Angeles, he wears that city's riots like a crown of thorns, invoking them again and again as proof of his worst fears about America. On Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha, he goes after the white cops in the Rodney King episode: "Those devils can beat up a motorist/ And get nothing but a slap on the wrist/ Gorillas, gorillas/ Report to the mist...
...gotta believe--the cry of sub-.500 teams everywhere. O'Brien says it's the key. This is a message players and fans should take to heart. Sullivan's a proven winner--and although whippings like BC doled out are pretty tough to take, it's not time to jump off any buildings...
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