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Bozzotto said Weld's victory was likely to give his union access that others would not enjoy. " Obviously, it's going to be a little easier for us to pick up the phone than a union that endorsed Dr. Know-it-all," said Bozzotto, slipping in another jab at Silber. " We will be looking out the corner window on our brothers on the sidewalk," he said...
...thinly veiled jab at West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Gorbachev said his "biggest concern" in foreign policy was "some politicians who still think about international relations mostly with respect to their own terms of office and electoral ambitions at a time when we are trying to lay down the foundations for a new international community...
...professional theater, critics have a large, unbiased reading public. In college, where you may run computers while your roommate sings and dances, a jab at a production can alienate half the campus. That's a gripe. But then, maybe it's a good thing that critics have so many built-in enemies, because it forces them to be more careful in their attacks, and more considerate of other people's feelings...
...ever suspected that psychiatrists might be crazier than the patients they treat, then Beyond Therapy will provide you with plenty of ammunition. This jab at relationships in the 1970s succeeds in ridiculing many of the facades that men and women erect in their dealings, with each other, and it gleefully satirizes the practice of psychotherapy, revealing that the advice which "troubled" patients accept without question often comes from people whose own personal problems make their judgment suspect...
...most memorable moment came when he strolled with the penguins at San Diego's Sea World. The emperor and king penguins occasionally proved less than hospitable to their new companion. Standing hip high, with beaks the size of small kitchen knives, the penguins repeatedly tried to jab Willwerth's legs. Fortunately, the Sea World curator managed to rescue TIME's roving correspondent before any damage was done. As for feeding Kito, Willwerth cannot remember another source that ate quite so quickly. His only challenge remains how to list an acacia tree on his expense account...