Word: hmmm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fitfully between that part of the brain that stores miracle grapefruit diets and the part that remembers Valentine's Day, there is still a discernible trend. Its name is Steve Forbes. And what settles into the distracted consciousness is something like this: Forbes. Not from Washington. Good. Flat tax? Hmmm. Seventeen percent tax rate? Hmmm...
...when all members of the black race have had opportunities before them." Star has accepted racism as an intrinsic part of the status quo and views its apparent permanence as a reason for black people to concede defeat, passively accepting the inferior status which has been assigned to them. Hmmm...interesting concept. We don't think so! To cease resistance simply because a problem appears intractable is absurd...
...Hmmm. Let's see. A woman is involved in a relationship that threatens her career and necessitates a costly legal battle. But heaven forbid this relationship should be commemorated with one--one!--onscreen kiss...
...many people have actually heard of this sitcom? "Melrose Place," on the other hand, has a gay character and is known about by almost everyone in America. Yet it's not on the list. Hmmm. One gets the feeling that these people don't watch television that much...
...your friends were joining final clubs, would you do it, too? Okay, bad analogy. Anyway, the point is that just because a bunch of people are doing something doesn't make it the moral thing to do. Didn't you learn that in kindergarten? Hmmm...then again, just how hot is that hotty...