Word: nice
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Biggie was notorious, James is nice. An oversize comic in the mold of Fatty Arbuckle, Jackie Leonard, Buddy Hackett, Rodney Dangerfield and Jackie Gleason, James is different in not using his weight as an excuse for high-pressure comedy - a giant tea kettle ready to blow its top. The star of TV's The King of Queens, he's a Ralph Kramden without anger issues. In Paul Blart, as in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (where he starred with Adam Sandler, this film's executive producer), James gets laughs by underreacting to the humiliations the world heaps...
...thing I'm mindful of is, you never know who's a blogger. You never know who you're talking to that might be posting something online, or who might be taking a picture. You learn to be nice to everybody...
After the discussion, wine was served in the children’s section as “a nice touch to facilitate conversation,” Gain said...
...Medicare, and partly because our liabilities could crush us if foreign investors sour on Treasury bonds. That's why Obama's advisers want to focus on temporary initiatives that won't drown us in red ink by creating long-term obligations, which they call tails. It would be nice to give cash-strapped transit agencies enough money to reduce fares for a year, but what happens when the year is over? Similarly, some liberals have proposed temporary increases in Social Security benefits, but that kind of generosity tends to become permanent...
...Psychology of Stimulus So the scramble is on. The big splash water park - complete with a gym and "quality meeting space" - might sound like a waste of $22 million, but it would provide a nice stimulus for the people of Gastonia, N.C. The travel industry wants a $10 million loan to promote the U.S. as a destination, a tougher job these days. To the American Apparel & Footwear Association, this crisis only highlights the need to eliminate import tariffs on shoes. "Building self-esteem is critical," explains Matt Rubel, CEO of the parent company of Payless, "and not having...