Word: junking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...roster of lighthearted, youth-oriented shows, ABC had gauged the national mood well, but still it got no respect. To critics who disparaged TV as a "vast wasteland," ABC's schedule became Exhibit A. Network rivals were contemptuous. CBS-TV President Robert Wussler denounced ABC's program lineup as "junk"; NBC Executive Paul Klein called it "programming for kids and dummies...
...swap law articles with her similarly situated boy friend, the pair end up hitching their way to California together, a la It Happened One Night. Somewhere between playing a madman psychotic to scare a lecherous truck driver off of Alison and trying to identify the three categories of junk food. John Cusack manages to make the film into a showcase for his improvisational comedy talent...
Roach stayed in the Army twelve years, then drifted into other occupations, including the junk business, and in 1972 he found his calling with the gas station and fruit stand. They are situated about 17 miles southwest of Mobile on a two-lane blacktop bleached by the sun to fish-belly white, in a community called Fowl River. After the accident in 1975 gave him a limpy leg, his physician told him to assign his hurt limb to as few chores as possible. So Laura Roach took over the fruit stand, as well as a barbecue pit in summer...
...examples of the day are terms of endearment. They never change. What your grandfather called your grandmother, your mother called your dad; and there you are, cooing on the couch, saying the same moronic words to Him or Her: Darling, Honey, Cupcake, Sweets. How easily they spill, the junk food of language--chocolate cremes, mocha centers--not a sensible idea in the box. When Michelle Triola sued Lee Marvin for palimony several years ago, her lawyer had to prove to the court that Marvin did indeed love Michelle. The lawyer produced a letter from Marvin that closed: "Hey baby...
Koch, who was attiliated with Dudley House, refused comment this week on the name change, but told the Boston Globe he is protesting the Coca-Cola Company and its products. "I think they are selling flavored junk, they are obscene," he said. "I'd like to step hard on the corporate...