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Heebonics are Jewish words that have become part of the American vernacular. Words like kvetch, shmuck and ventriloquism. There’s a big controversy as to whether the American government should support the heebonics being taught in inner-city public schools in order that underprivileged minorities get the tools they need to succeed in business...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions For Joshua Neuman | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...Billboard chart for weeks - Presley's 10th top-ranked album in 47 years! OK, so in 1987 RCA issued "The Number One Hits," and that one contained only 18 songs. So they had to raid other lists besides Billboard's to pad it out. So who's going to kvetch about 12 free songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Happy Birthday, Elvis | 1/8/2003 | See Source »

...absolutely refuse to kvetch about Things I Wish I’d Done (gone to more football games, spent less money at Store 24 freshman year, spent less money generally), Girls I Wish I’d Dated (are you listening, Padme Amidala, Senator from Naboo?), Clubs I Wish I’d Been Asked to Join (the Fly, the Porcellian, the Signet, the Pudding . . . heck, any of them would have been nice), People That I Wish I’d Punched (there’s still time for us to rumble, Jason T. Sauer...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: The Final Column | 5/17/2002 | See Source »

Because it's boring and predictable to kvetch about how boring and predictable the Oscars ceremony is, let it be said that there were several good things about the broadcast last night. Namely, the things that did not look like they were part of an Oscars broadcast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Oscar™ for Shameless Self-Congratulation Goes to... | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...don’t pigeonhole her as the intellectual. At Quincy House lunches, she can gossip and kvetch with the best of them—a Jewish girl after our own hearts (though FM may have to break her into more explicit convos on the pros and cons of birth control). Simply put, Rachel is a beautiful person. Her stories on irony and hot law school activists dig deep. Her big hugs and undying commitment to this magazine go unparalleled. She will rule the comp and perhaps teach our staff a bit about true reporting, Newsweek style. FM is confident...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Future: FM Associates of the 129th | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

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