Word: hubers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...delirious whirl of the Manhattan club scene depicted in Social Disease (1986), le plus chic twosome is Guy and Venice Huber, dancing their youth away -- and, because they are Rudnick people, constantly refreshing it. With its Evelyn Waugh drawl, Social Disease is Rudnick's revenge on the less- than-zilch nightlife novels of the mid-'80s. So I'll Take It (1989) must be his anti-Portnoy. A Jewish boy who loves and enjoys his mother -- call the cops! Paul's mom Selma and her sisters Lillian and Hilda are the models for Hedy Reckler and her bargain-hunter siblings...
...dentist's waiting room. Everyone is resigned to a little pain, but all are praying they can avoid a full-blown root canal. "Basically, I'm preparing to have to dig deeper into my pockets in the near future," says Sherwin Eisman, the Republican mayor of middle-class Huber Heights (pop. 40,000), near Dayton. He fears that additional federal taxes will inspire local voters to reject any attempts to raise local levies, including a May ballot proposal to raise the city income tax from 1% to 1.25% for additional fire and police services. He says, "People tell me that...
Yale is anchored by junior attacker Eva Vishio (9 goals, 4 assists), senior Jenn Huber (who scooped up 12 ground balls in two games last week) and sophomore Jackie Joseph (fourth in Ivy goal scoring...
...first activity on that list is drinking beer. Wisconsin is the home of Miller's humungous Milwaukee brewery, which gives tours five days a week. Other small breweries are scattered across the state, Including Leinenkugel in Chippewa Falls (now regrettably owned by Miller), Huber's in Monroe and Capital brewery in Madison...
...retain the controversial line, prompting criticism from Rabbi A. James Rudin of the American Jewish Committee, who is calling for a completely new play that "should reflect the reality of the 'cursed' Jewish people living in a reborn and independent state of Israel." Co-directors Christian Stuckl and Otto Huber, who worked closely with Jewish groups on the text, were also unhappy about the line's retention. "The effect of this sentence through the centuries was a very bad one," acknowledges Huber. Citing Christian theologians, Huber argues that the blood curse is really a reference to the saving power...