Word: magic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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STORMING THE MAGIC KINGDOM...
...these gags are so dumb!' By the end of the act I was wearing the hat with the arrow, the balloon animals, the nose glasses and the bunny ears. I wanted to look as ridiculous as possible. It was like anticomedy." And a lunatic ad for Merlin's Magic Shop...
...when the time came for the speech Reagan didn't duck, and won't. He let the critics take their shots: "The old Reagan magic, the energy and passion are gone," said the dyspeptic conservative Richard Viguerie. "He should have had Ollie North write his speech, but instead he was on the defensive." Democrats just shook their heads over the scandal's unresolved issues and condemned a misguided Chief Executive. Rebutted Maine's Senator George Mitchell: "Let there be no misunderstanding. The mistakes were not only in the execution of policies. The major mistakes were in the policies themselves...
What can be done to break this iron triangle of social isolation, black joblessness and single-parent families? Even 20 years after the ghettos of Detroit and Newark erupted into the fires of long-suppressed rage, Americans cling to the sanguine faith that some magic formula can end this cycle of poverty and social pathology. More money for social programs, a welfare system with stronger incentives to succeed, the teaching of values in the schools: these are the familiar answers of policymakers. But compared with the gravity of the problems of the black underclass, almost all the standard remedies amount...
Those who like it hot should be more than satisfied with the incendiary Cajun-style blend of black and cayenne peppers, herbs and spices in Blackened Spice Marinade, from Taylor Maid in Jackson, Miss. The powdered mix works its fiery magic on burgers, grilled chicken and shrimp. And if that is not hot enough, munch on crunchy "red hot blue" corn chips from Garden of Eatin' in Santa Monica...