Word: handbasket
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Virtue may be its own reward, but cold, hard cash never hurts. Moralcrat Bill Bennett wandered into a Las Vegas casino after giving one of his standard America-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket speeches, when bingo, the Book of Virtues author hit the jackpot. A sheepish Bennett wouldn't say how much he won ($60,000, says a friend) or how long he played, but did want to explain: "I'm against state expansion of gambling, state advertising encouraging people to gamble, and gambling as a way to make a living. But adults on their own time...
Miss me? Last week was raisin' hell in a handbasket! I "got friendly" with a female hockey player, a biochem major and a junior's mom! And guess what! She was the hockey player's mom! Bet you've never seen the likes of the Captain! But I wasn't too busy to pick up a copy of last week's FM, and you know what I think? I think you printed a bunch of letters about me `cause Norma wants to have breakfast with the Captain! Captain...
...closing, I just wish to congratulate Adam Webb and the members of AALARM on their crack investigative work; it's about time somedody brought this dirty little secret to light. Behind that innocuous-looking blue door lies a Hillel in a handbasket. Especially shameful is the organization's insistence on masquerading as a group dedicated to upholding an ethical and moral tradition. These P.C. inquisitors are on the lookout to attack anyone who disagrees with them, accusing them of racism, sexism, ageism, and anything else they can think of, regardless of Truth. It's about time we attacked back. Jennifer...
Adam S. Geyer '93 (Helena Handbasket) and Peter Ferren '92 (Dinah Meetcha) are in dispensible roles as Mel's doo-wopping back-up singers, popping up periodically to explain the plot's complexities (we use that word loosely...
...trash may be divine in origin, Ketelhohn--who has been the Cabot superintendent since 1984--says he wishes there was less of it about. His exhibition is meant to rally students around Cabot's recycling program, and environmental issues in general. "The planet's going to hell in a handbasket," Ketelhohn says...