Word: mocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most of us give generously of our time, perhaps our only true possession at this stage of the game. Through these gifts, Mother Harvard benefits by its association with everything that we do. Harvard benefits when we teach in the Cambridge schools and it benefits when we host international mock government programs in Europe. Harvard benefits when we participate on one of its dozens of athletic teams and it benefits when we win prestigious scholarships. The list goes on and on. And no one should have any doubts that these benefits are worth more than...
...Commerce would use harsher language to reject the Clinton approach. Earlier in the week, Clinton offered to trade away two key elements of Magaziner's design in order to win support from Republican Governors. But through it all, Magaziner was upbeat. Clinton, he reported with a tone of mock confidence, was at a prayer breakfast across town with religious leaders. "After 14 hours of protracted negotiations," he joked, "Mother Teresa will not endorse the Cooper bill...
Outbreak of mock sobbing, men sawing at imaginary violins...
...infiltrate themselves into scenes in order to get a sense of self-worth from their new acquaintances: the "did it feel good/ when it felt good" that opens up each chorus comes off, you'll have to take my word for this, as the angriest possible way imaginable to mock the poor guy the song is trying to mock. Another high point is "Zero in Trust," which was also aMINIATURE's first single last year. There may not be another record this good that rocks this hard for a while--one reason for which might be that everyone more talented...
Only a few years ago, viewers of very, very late-night TV were treated to a mock talk show more entertaining than most of the real ones. The host of the show was Lyle Waggoner, and its purpose was to tout a purchasable cure for impotence. Here was celebrity hawking at its historic low: an infomercial for a bogus product endorsed by a TV "star" whose glory days (as The Carol Burnett Show cast member who most resembled George Hamilton) came during the Nixon Administration...