Word: gross
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because my voice contains neither enough bass nor enough treble to project more than two inches from my mouth, loud parties require me to commit gross violations of people's personal space in order to be heard. Just to be sure I get my point across, I supplement my shouting with sweeping hand gestures that occasionally smack someone behind me upside the head. This, together with my penchant for incoherent rambling, often sends my way the accusation, "You are so drunk...
...many naysayers of sexual harassment do, that the "power imbalance" was insignificant. She also drew sharp distinctions between the sexual harassment committed by Packwood and Thomas and Clinton's improprieties, because, she writes, Clinton has respected the "no means no; yes means yes" principle. He may have made "a gross, dumb and reckless pass at a supporter during a low point in her life," Steinem concludes, but he is not guilty of sexual harassment because he accepted rejection--and that's what counts. But if a woman comes out of the woodwork tomorrow, alleging that Clinton was inappropriate...
That is not a minor hit. It would mean gross domestic product's increasing considerably less than the robust 3% or so that it might otherwise have managed, unemployment's rising a bit rather than sinking to still further lows, and a distinct slowdown in corporate profits--especially among companies that had been exporting $300 billion or more a year to the Asian region. On the other hand, sagging demand from Asia is contributing to a worldwide deflation (a term rarely heard since the 1930s) in commodity prices, especially oil. And that is helping to douse what little inflationary fire...
...ANGELES: Hollywood loves a happy ending, even one you could have predicted three hours before it happened. And for James Cameron, Monday night was certainly a fairytale finale. His $200 million epic, "Titanic," an unstoppable juggernaut with a billion-dollar gross, won best picture, best director and nine other Academy Awards. That ties "Ben-Hur" for the all-time Oscar record, just as "Titanic"'s 14 nominations drew even with "All About Eve." So the movie broke no new ground, and neither did Cameron: "I'm the king of the world!" he screamed in acceptance -- stealing the line from...
...lusty women whose physical and mental energies are in exuberant free flow. While men must behave honorably (Governors and Presidents should not be dropping their pants in front of female employees or secretly preying on buxom young interns), women must also watch how they dress and behave. For every gross male harasser, there are 10 female sycophants who shamelessly use their sexual attractions to get ahead. We don't want a society of surveillance by old maids and snitches. The proper mission of feminism is to encourage women to take personal responsibility without running to parental authority figures for help...