Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...progressive jazz is more your thing the Yoshi Malta Quintet will be progressing at Pooh's Pub. Yoshi used to play with a group called "The Year of the Ear" Profound, eh? Progressive? For sure. This line-up at Pooh's however sounds as if it will be freer-ranging and producing more flavorful, nutritious musical eggs as a result. They'll be playing a lot of traditional jazz. Tuning tunes like Miles Davis' So What. Also playing some Sonny Rollins. That enough? They'll continue with original composition and some "straight-ahead" jazz. Whatever the latter...
...Attitude toward labor. Many businessmen worry that Carter has mortgaged his policymaking future to the union chiefs whose get-out-the-vote drives helped him squeak through to victory. The AFL-CIO's crusty old president George Meany pooh-poohs that idea. Says Meany: "The only commitment I have from Jimmy Carter is that when we've got a problem, he'll consider it." The numerous executives who doubt that may take some heart from the fact that Meany also opposes wage-price controls, which he feels hold down wages more than prices...
...bear of very little brain, Win-nie-the-Pooh has displayed remarkable staying power since his creation in 1926 by Author A.A. Milne and Illustrator Ernest H. Shepard. The classic children's books about Pooh's adventures have been translated into 22 languages and inspired million-dollar businesses in posters, party favors and other products. But one who did not celebrate Pooh's 50th birthday last week was Christopher Robin Milne, 56, the author's son, whose 1974 autobiography, The Enchanted Places, described the trials of growing up in the shadow of a Teddy bear. "Pooh...
These groups have often warred with Stare because he has prominently and repeatedly pooh-poohed warnings about excess sugar consumption in the United States, contradicting, the report says, "one of the few accepted nutritional principles, namely, that Americans eat far too much sugar." In an interview published in January 1974, for example, Stare said that most people could healthily double their daily sugar intake. Stare's defense of food additives has similarly riled those who argue that many of the chemicals are unsafe...
These swings are, humanly enough, magnified by corporate officers, who pooh-pooh losses while boasting about profit increases in hyperbolic press releases. The press then magnifies the problem by often reporting profits in language more appropriate to space shots or sporting events: profits leap, soar, skyrocket-or plunge, plummet, nosedive...