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Bitch is an insult to Hillary Clinton, who is a brilliant, attractive and feminine First Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1995 | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

Bitch is an insult to Hillary Clinton, who is a brilliant, attractive and feminine First Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINANCIAL PANIC IN LATIN AMERICA | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

...position and our duty,'' declared the Chechen commander in chief, Colonel Aslan Maskhadov, speaking in Nazran, capital of the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. ``Our high command continues to exist. Our volunteers are at their places and are ready to fight on harder than ever. If they think they can insult and enslave the Chechen people, this fighting will go on for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A FIGHT TO THE LAST BOY? | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...only dignified response for Hillary Clinton or any woman similarly maligned is to stand up, straighten her spine and unflinchingly embrace the epithet. In the matter of insult taming, we have some exemplary role models. Gay militants now proudly call themselves "queer." Black rappers appropriated "bad"and even "nigger." If you want to de-fang an insult, you happily claim it as your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Term of Honor | 1/23/1995 | See Source »

Other talk-show hosts also know what their fans like: to be flattered with a few minutes in which to say their piece on the air, then insulted into oblivion. Tangle with WABC's hosts, and you risk the sharp end of their shtick. Grant: "Ah, get off the phone, you sick degenerate!" Lyn Samuels: "Oh, shut up!" Jay Diamond: "Are you on anything? How do I know you're not poppin' speedballs?" And so it goes on politically perplexing insult radio. "A lot of talk-show hosts are opportunistic twits," says David Brudnoy, the gay libertarian (with AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Who's TALKING | 1/23/1995 | See Source »

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