Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Historians, take note: that would have been the briefest State of the Union on record. The presidential joke had a certain self-deprecating quality, as Clinton's infamously long 1995 address lasted 81 minutes. Just a year ago, pundits and politicos were saying "Thank you and good night" to the Clinton presidency, but after the President's trim, one-hour speech last week, it was morning in Bill Clinton's America. The man written off after the 1994 elections was suddenly looking like the man to beat--especially when compared with Bob Dole and his not-ready-for-prime-time...
Biondi, determined to avoid a public row with his ex-boss, nonetheless dismisses Redstone's claim that he was tossed overboard primarily because of a stylistic shortcoming. "This aggressive/laid-back stuff is just a joke," he told Time. "We had differences in approach, but that was strength. Sumner just decided he wanted to be totally involved. He's having a lot of fun. He loves the publicity. He wants his day in the sun, and he's going...
...imagine the results. Most people (including, I'd bet, the state legislators) ignored the limit completely. If they were pulled over, they got out their wallets, counted out some change, and left. The going joke: Give the first officer a $20 bill and tell the next three you already paid...
...joke is that until now, Kinnear has been making eye contact mainly with a TV camera. On Later, a half-hour chat show with a single guest, he uses it with irony, as a mirror to check how very fabulous he looks. Or, after the guest has uttered some mild inanity, Kinnear stares ahead mutely, as if he'd just been whacked on the skull by a bear paw but is too stoic to wince. It's this bland poise that keeps him from blinking when film stardom stares him in the face...
...decision, which is unanimous, is that the chips taste like chips. Not bad chips (each of us takes another) but not jim-dandy chips, either. Mouth feel, I would say, is about right. (This is no joke in the snack-food biz; successful mouth-feel technicians retire to seaside mansions.) Finger feel is pretty good too. Pick up a chip and your thumb and forefinger get greasy, just as nature intended...