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...problem with writing the bio of a loser is that after a while, his utter carelessness gets annoying. It's hard to read about Jimi doing nothing and mooching his way off his friends and not think, "What a jerk," or, like the hardworking cooks who throw carrots at him out the restaurant window, want to yell "Get a job asshole." Throwing carrots along with the cooks is a tempting prospect...
Other aspects of the roast included Hanks' pseudoperformance on a toy piano (producing noises slightly less musical than a junior high band) and the star's participation in "Nail the Nominee or Stab the Loser," in which he attempted to throw darts at pictures of the other 1995 Oscar Nominees for Best Actor...
...Administration seems to be asking for trouble with its handling of a New Jersey case that involves a 1989 faculty layoff at Piscataway High School. The choice came down to two equally qualified teachers who had equal seniority. Ordinarily, that would have meant a coin toss to decide the loser. Instead the school board dismissed one of them, Sharon Taxman, who is white, arguing that keeping the other, who is black, was essential to diversity--not so much on the staff as a whole, which was 10% black, but just among the business teachers...
...what I worry most about Dole is that he might keep his mouth shut this time.'' Worry on, Dole said recently: ``I know what can do me in.'' He may--finally--but those are the very words Dole used in 1988, not long before slamming Bush as ``a qualified loser who has nothing to worry about except where he's going to go next on Air Force Two.'' If Bob Dole wants to keep his sense of humor, perhaps he should consider spending a little more time with David Letterman, canned hams...
...moderates or radicals from their ranks. The freshmen were firmly behind Gingrich in supporting the version that not only mandated a balanced budget by 2002 but also required the three-fifths majority to raise taxes. Told that opposition from Democrats and many moderate Republicans made that provision a sure loser, some freshmen preferred to scrap the budget amendment altogether. With conservative talk-show hosts working the microphones to support them, they balked at leadership pleas to compromise their notions of muscular Republicanism. ``They were very upset with us,'' says DeLay. ``We went through about a week and a half...