Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...yank President Clinton's legislative agenda out of the gutter lane. In his first 24 hours as White House chief of staff, the former budget director and congressional powerhouse held cloakroom negotiations with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan on Clinton's troubled health care package, went on TV to pooh-pooh a weekend poll showing sinking approval ratings, then staged a lunch for 40 reporters to push Clinton's well-received crime and welfare reform bills. TIME White House correspondent Michael Duffy says Panetta is moving quickly to clarify the stakes for the president this year. "If they can deliver...
Local preferences keep the Disney salespeople hopping. In the British stores Winnie the Pooh is the top seller. France prefers Bambi and Thumper. Germany goes for Scrooge McDuck and the Jungle Book denizens, while the Japanese choose good old Mickey and his significant other. But in this worldwide Minnie-empire, the Disney imprint is everywhere evident, from the perkiness of the store staff (who really do whistle while they work) to the ability of toddlers the world over to wheedle cash from their dutiful parents...
...admirers. The new brand features on its label a map of the 19th century Russian empire's borders, for which Zhirinovsky has an oft-stated fondness. Also Monday: A British newspaper reported that he had gathered a group of psychics to help find Prince Charles' missing Jack Russell terrier, Pooh; they failed. Wednesday: Demanded that the entire Russian Cabinet resign in the wake of a parliamentary Deputy's murder, possibly by gangsters. When other Deputies called for the firing of the Interior Minister, who is responsible for state security, the Premier asked if they had a replacement in mind...
...must ride buses or walk, who stay on expense account at the best hotel when ordinary Norwegians are priced out of most housing in Lillehammer and some are camping overnight outdoors, and who consume foods and beverages considerably grander than the communal cafeteria fare of the athletes. Some I.O.C. Pooh- Bahs were so miffed they threatened to leave...
...least initially, acted a lot like losers. They cried foul, proclaimed defiance and plotted evasion. "A vulgar betrayal of over 200 years of tolerance toward protest," said Terry. Reverend Keith Tucci, also of Rescue, notes that RICO might force currently open protesters into a more violent underground. Scheidler pooh-poohs triple damages on grounds of his own poverty -- "you can't get blood from a turnip" -- and then reels off a couple of nonviolent schemes that might sidestep RICO. Spilling cranberry juice on white snow to simulate fetal blood might have impact, he suggests; as would abandoning old cars...