Word: phrase
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Traficant is known for outrageous oratory--he used his favorite phrase, "Beam me up," 30 different times in one session of Congress. And it hasn't mattered to his constituents, who like his strong stand against NAFTA and tax increases and have returned him to Washington six times by a wide margin. He has no G.O.P. challenger...
There is a rumor that many long years ago, when Dean Harry Lewis was just a lowly professor of computer science, a student walking by his office heard him mutter, "I'd sell my soul for a new computer science/engineering building." This phrase was followed by a bright flash of light and the unmistakable smell of brimstone wafting out from under the closed door...
...really does sound like a 4 year old's. With a nasal intonation, she sings the lullaby "Beauteeful," which is full of such comic lines as "life do your duty and make me a cutie." Most impressive of all is the next number, "Wanna Be A Man," where from phrase to phrase she alternates between her nasal baby voice (Judy baby) and a deeper chest voice (Punch Jr.). Her consistent differentiation between the two throughout the song is remarkable. Not surprisingly, Playten was just nominated for Philadelphia's Barrymore Award for her performance in this production...
Your article on the mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments [BUSINESS, Sept. 30] included the terms arrogance, aggressiveness, young, cocky competitiveness, volatility, obnoxiousness and the phrase "wandering far from their ostensible mandates." Is this type of behavior consistent with the fiduciary duty owed to the client by a fund? The advent of the investment supermarket appears to have transformed investors into mere customers. Caveat emptor. MARK JASAYKO West Vancouver, British Columbia...
...things. Leaving the world of fiction, John R. Starr, an Arkansas pundit, was no Clinton supporter until 1983, the year he met Hillary. After that, he cut Clinton some slack because "no husband of hers could be that bad." There could not be a more apposite instance for the phrase "Behind every good man lies a better woman...