Word: jokes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...People joke about alcohol abuse now, like they used to joke about drug abuse and date rape when I was in college,” Gross said. “Last year, we had a discussion of sexual violence on campus, and put a program in place to address it. I think it’s now time to discuss the dangers and consequences of alcohol abuse...
Wall Street has been mythologized by countless memoirs and novels that describe a world of dirty-joke-telling executives who thrive on risk, live on the edge of bankruptcy and make money through a fortuitous combination of dumb luck and insight. If that world still exists, it’s hidden behind a veil of polished, telegenic professionals who parade through studios around the world making their pitches to the investing public. CNBC treats these people as if they were sports stars, changing the financial news day into an extended telecast of a high stakes spectator sport...
...joke around the locker room,” Bechdol said. “It was a question of who was next...
...company faced a cash-flow crisis in the early 1990s, he took them all to Las Vegas, gave each of them about $100 (from two cartoonish bags painted with dollar signs) to gamble away, ostensibly to help earn money for end-of-the-year bonuses. It was a joke, but one that made light of a stressful situation...
...honest, high school soccer is kind of a joke,” Nicholas said...