Word: leona
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their social relevance becomes clear in an era of spectacular insider trading, leveraged buyouts, factory closings and Leona Helmsley's belief that "only the little people pay taxes...
Cookie Monster: Michael Milken, Leona Helmsley, the Harvard Management Corporation--we all know greed. Cookie Monster is that cute, cuddly creature who goes absolutely bonkers at the mention of cookies. Just substitute "$65,000 plus performance bonus!" for "cookie!" and you can set off the same frenzy at the Office of Career Services...
...Leona Helmsley's appeals lawyer, Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, got it right when he said. "There's no way she'd get four years in jail if she were a 70-year old man...[or] a quiet, wifely, subdued woman who stayed in the background...
That's the irony of bitchiness. The sloppy news editing and locker-room talk that dubbed these women "bitches" was unjustified, but that doesn't make Leona Helmsley innocent. Just as "bitch" should never be used as a character assassination, it should not be used as a character vindication...
...they've got a potent weapon on their side; until we stop using "bitch" as a legitimate form of criticism Margaret, Imelda and Leona might just pull one over...