Word: pooh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bennett, the Pooh-Bah of drug interdiction...
...manager Tony LaRussa properly pooh-poohed the A's 8-1 record against the Giants during spring training and professed concern about the Sock Exchange. Giants manager Roger Craig, ever the optimist, pointed out that "we've got ; men who respond to challenge. We've battled back all year long." But as the series opened last Saturday, hard-eyed bookmakers in Reno made the A's odds-on favorites to win the Battle...
...activists pooh-pooh such fears. "Collectively and individually, talk- show hosts have the fattest egos you'd ever want to bump heads against," says Mark Williams. "So the likelihood of them agreeing on a national agenda is minimal." If they do, however, it might be time for listeners to follow an oft-repeated bit of talk-show advice: Turn your radio down...
...antidrug offensive is a tough eviction policy that Kemp called for last week. It would speed the expulsion of any person convicted, or even suspected, of dealing or using drugs. Moreover, anyone who shared the apartment with the drug offender could also be ousted. Mary Brunette, Kemp's spokeswoman, pooh-poohs the civil liberties questions raised by that policy. Says she: "The rights of law-abiding families in public housing are at least as important as the rights of criminals...
...spotlight in the prologue when he limps on stage to explain that Ida has run out on her engagement to Prince Hilarion. His amusing gestures and grimaces demonstrate why he has been the mainstay of several Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players' shows. Bamberger most recently starred as King Pooh-Ba in the fall production of The Mikado...