Word: ike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Other epithets, many not so complimentary, play on proper names. To Hoover is to inhale or consume greedily; Ike is an uncouth fellow; LBJ, the military's Long Binh jail in Vietnam; Jerusalem Slim, the radical syndicalists' derisive name for Jesus; Oscar, an unpleasant or foolish man. Joe gets more than three pages of entries, among them Joe Lunchpail, an ordinary working man, and Joe Sad, black English for a friendless or unpopular man. John Wayne wins nine citations. To John-Wayne is to attack with great force; a John Wayne cookie is a military field-ration biscuit...
...intelligence and surprising strength for a man known for his soft lyrics. His friend Yo-Yo Ma says Taylor possesses an inner steel core that has helped him survive the traumas in his life. There have been plenty. Last year alone, his second marriage ended, and both his father Ike and his best friend and closest musical collaborator, Don Grolnick, died of cancer. Just three years earlier, he lost his brother Alex to alcoholism, a tragic reminder of his own struggles with heroin and alcohol...
...plastic pantheon of action figures, there's Barbie, Ken, G.I. Joe and now...IKE? And KISS? The new dolls were introduced at last week's American International Toy Fair, along with several thousand other playthings, including a Barney that will talk back to you and acres of movie-themed gimcracks. Aren't Kiss fans getting a little old to be playing with dolls? Apparently not. "[Lead singer] Gene Simmons contacted us," says Bob LoMonaco, senior vice president of sales for Todd McFarlane, which makes the Kiss dolls. "This is the first celebrity doll we've made, but there has been...
...title game at the Fiesta Bowl. "They just beat us at every part of the game," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. "They kept us pinned down the whole night." Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel was 18-of-34 for 306 yards, throwing three touchdown passes to Ike Hilliard and running for another as the Gators scored more points than any other team in Sugar Bowl history. And with Florida State's star runner, Warrick Dunn, hobbled by cramps, the Gator defense clamped down on the Seminole passing game in the second half; leading 24-17 at the break...
...child of the Depression, he first pulled the lever for F.D.R. Then, like the American electorate, he zigzagged between Democrat and Republican: Truman, then Ike, J.F.K. and L.B.J., before deciding that Nixon was the one. He returned to the Democratic fold with Jimmy Carter, voted twice for the Gipper, once for George Bush and then opted for Bill Clinton last time around...