Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jason Cheek, a popular boy two years older who had lettered in three sports. Cheek had teased Solomon, they said, but it was unclear if the linebacker was a primary target. Cheek, who was shot twice in the leg, was healthy enough Friday to deny taunting Solomon and to joke that the bullet still stuck near his groin would set off the metal detectors he was sure the school would install...
...what's not to like about Jeff Gordon? "He kind of looks gay," says Doris O'Bryant while selling $10 Fans Against Gordon T shirts outside the Talladega racetrack. The acronym is like something of an inside joke, and one suspects the wink it produces leads to an inevitable flatulence joke...
Primakov himself departed office with a joke and affectionate applause from his Cabinet. But he could afford to smile: by firing him, Russians say, Yeltsin boosted Primakov's chances of being the next President. Aides say Primakov has not yet made up his mind about the future. Yeltsin, however, does not have the luxury of choice. He has to keep fighting, and that is becoming ever harder for him. Despite claims, more often heard in Washington than in Moscow, that "Boris is back" in the driver's seat, his physical health and mental lucidity are often open to question. After...
...upscale department store chain Nordstrom's, for example, employees routinely pass out free beverages to weary shoppers and their spouses. Similarly, low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines encourages its ticket agents to joke with passengers waiting in line to board a delayed flight...
...upscale department store chain Nordstrom's, for example, employees routinely pass out free beverages to weary shoppers and their spouses. Similarly, low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines encourages its ticket agents to joke with passengers waiting in line to board a delayed flight...