Word: lameness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...table we were sitting at returned something less than an "overwhelming verdict" of "kudos to HDS." We found the vegetarian hamburger to be, frankly, vile. We were amazed at HDS' lame attempt to improvise a new menu item. We compared it unfavorably to other emetics frequently served in our dining halls, such as broccoli-cheese pasta and vegetable stromboli. If Mr. Berger turns out to be partial to these dishes too, we would not dream of denying him the right to his opinion. We would, however, deny him the right to speak for the general undergraduate population, which we believe...
...Interhouse dining and House character affect the number of voters," said Lucy H. Koh '90, a former council member not seeking re-election. "For example, Adams House is not as interested in politics," she said. Adams House Committee Co-Chair Chris P. Kaneb '90 described voter turnout there as "lame...
...once read about two minor league owners who swapped teams. Ha, ha. They should be immortalized in the Hall of Lame, along with the genius who started wiggling the camera during AT&T ads. They were screwing with their fans' identities. Who do you root for? Should you move...
...satiric and surrealistic. When the dead Belushi prowls his old haunts in a morgue sheet that looks like a toga out of the Animal House closet, the film almost has style to match its guts. So does Chiklis' boldly percussive performance. But Wired's take on Belushi is so lame and gross that it validates the verdict of a cop in the movie: "He's just another fat junkie who went belly...
...upheaval began two weeks ago, with isolated outbreaks of looting in several provincial capitals. Widespread food riots broke out in Rosario (pop. 957,000) early last week, after lame-duck President Raul Alfonsin announced his fourth emergency economic plan of the year. Roving crowds, described by police as a mixture of the hungry, the criminal and the opportunistic, overwhelmed poorly prepared local police. Stores not gutted by looters closed their doors, creating widespread food shortages. The unrest then spread to the volatile working-class suburbs of Buenos Aires...