Word: mads
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...stolen from the “Price is Right.” The Bee Gees-loving trivia master says of himself, “People tend to really like me.” Not everyone agrees: Beuscher was “mugged once after trivia because some guy was mad about a question.” Of course, with a $50 Uno’s gift certificate on the line, it’s no surprise that violence breaks out. While not always resulting in assault and battery, the intoxicating mix of beer and competition does tend to generate rivalries...
...good game,” Robinson said of McAndrew, who did commit four costly turnovers. “Isn’t that something that now, all of a sudden, 6-for-9 isn’t good enough for this kid? I like the fact that he was mad because he thought he didn’t play well.” McAndrew produced the game’s signature moment late in the second half in a play that demonstrated his superior athleticism. Swooping in from the left wing towards the basket, McAndrew hung in the air underneath...
...blanket affirmative-action policy like the kind in place in the U.S. is a nonstarter in Europe. "There is such diversity among different minorities, with some greatly outperforming even the white majority, that to have laws that just benefit you because of the color of your skin is mad," says Mulgan. In Britain, the average salary for an Indian is almost double that of a Pakistani and, across Europe, the Chinese do better at work and at school than native whites. So an employer could fill its antidiscrimination quota and still do nothing to help minorities at the bottom...
...next tour took him to the Russian city of Samara. There, aside from "drinking like mad," Gaucho learned something about xenophobia and racism. "For me the color is not a problem," he says in the mostly present-tense English he picked up from a former teammate from Costa Rica. "Africans had a problem [in Russia] and I had a problem because I was with the African guys." He adds: "I have some stories to tell...
...work that he refused to admit he wasn't Andy Kaufman during the entire filming of Man on the Moon. Carrey says he has a documentary he's cut together of that period that he will release one day. "It is basically the story of an actor gone mad," he says, more distantly amused than proud. "It's amazing to see [director] Milos Forman begging Andy Kaufman to come out of his trailer...