Word: jerk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...farce? The dream sequence of a sitcom? A fraternity skit? A metaphysical romp? Martin is one of the most versatile comic artists in America: screenwriter (The Jerk, Roxanne), actor, brilliant stand-up comedian, as well as author of several short plays (four of which will be on a bill next month at New York City's Public Theater). While so many comics ossify by relying on a few dependable crowd-pleasing gags and catchphrases, Martin keeps evolving...
...were allowed to train briefly with active-duty troops. Koernke returned with stories of espionage derring-do that were so rococo they became the talk of his contemporaries. Says one today: "He was in this dream world. You would sit and have a drink and say, 'Guess what that jerk said today...
...because to them, to all of them you're just another homeless stoned dropout dealing small-load boom to the locals." Great, but then Mr. Banks decides for some goofy reason to send me to Jamaica for further adventures. Which I never believed, especially some stuff about finding my jerk of a real father, and you won't either. I mean, Mr. Banks seems to know all about Rastas and dreadlocks and how to grow ganja; he's been there, I guess, so it means something to him, but I felt out of it, like I was supposed...
Carillo's cool competence appeals to the Cali traffickers. The Cali dons "don't want to deal with some jerk that's running around shooting everybody," says a veteran DEA agent specializing in the cartel. The Colombian bosses allegedly employ Carillo as a kind of nuncio for communicating information to the Mexican federation, keeping peace among rival Mafias along the border and subcontracting Cali business to them. "He has the ability to form alliances," says one U.S. analyst. "He's been the pacifier. If you're going to have power, you have to be able to make alliances...
...woman living in the Arizona trailer park where police found Colbern's truck today recalled a next-door neighbor named Steven who wore army fatigues, raised snakes and lizards, and left his trailer so dirty it stank. "He was a jerk. He's a lazy, no-good mama's boy," Maybelle Hertig, 70, told the Associated Press. She recalled that Steven had had packages of ammunition delivered to her trailer and other neighbors...