Word: offenders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course. Maybe the President was offended by some of the poems I wrote in the form of blues songs for Wanderin' Willie Clinton--I've Got the Movin' to the Middle 'Cause It's Slippery on the Edges Blues, for instance, or I've Got the Sorry That I Did Whatever Might Offend You Blues. Maybe he's aware that I've been scouring my brain for something that rhymes with Mochtar Riady...
...Trek cast. He writes about Patrick Stewart's performance in the new movie: "Here is real acting! In a Star Trek film! From the successor to William Shatner!" Corliss has not yet learned to fear the wrath of the original "classic" Trekkers. It was not necessary for him to offend a pop-culture icon like Shatner in order to glorify the talent of his progeny. CAROLE N. SHIRK Leola, Pennsylvania...
...Kessler managed to offend as well those who cheered his moves against Big Business. He approved olestra, a fat substitute that can cause diarrhea and cramps, and BST, a hormone injected into cows to increase milk production--arguing in both cases that his decision was based on sound science. The FDA under his regime was faulted for being too laggard in approving new drugs, even though Kessler cut the waiting time from 33 months to 19 months...
Texaco officials were clearly rattled by the disclosure. The reported remarks "offend me deeply," Texaco chairman Peter I. Bijur declared in a videotaped message to all employees. " This alleged behavior violates our code of conduct, our core values and the law." The company launched its own investigation of the incident, and a federal grand jury will consider possible destruction of evidence. Such revelations would be embarrassing for any corporation that, like Texaco, claims to be an equal-opportunity employer. But for the giant oil company (1995 revenues: $36.8 billion), they were especially painful because they suggest that Texaco lacks...
...need to change or quickly rush to class without answering questions and being photographed, it is tough to be a celebrity--a Harvard Student on display. First-floor living means captivity--the need to shut out the scant sunlight that enters the room because your half-naked physique might offend a passer-by. And, if it is afternoon and you can reasonably assume no "inappropriateness" will be going on, your open shades are greeted by telephoto lenses and the criss-cross pattern of the window screen on a stranger's nose...