Word: rat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK: There are no official records, but it's a good bet that before his death from flu complications in Manhattan Tuesday, Henny Youngman told more jokes than anyone, ever. Famous for his rat-a-tat-tat strings of one-liners, immortalized of course by "Take my wife, please," Youngman did comedy at six jokes a minute, 200 dates a year, for the better part of a half century...
...some ways, such early exposure to the rat race is beneficial. We can see what the top looks like in almost any field before we have to make the decision to try to reach it. We can decide for ourselves whether we can be content without success and whether we would live more happily and comfortably in an environment numbering fewer Napoleons. Being a mover-and-shaker in the world has always seemed very exciting...
Daily Spin "The President adamantly denies any relationship with this woman and she has denied it as well. I smell a rat." ? Clinton attorney Robert Bennett, on allegations the President had an affair with a White House intern...
Thus, this column will be devoted to the reasonable, normal folks out there who couldn't give a rat's hooey about the 10 different types...
...Spin "Girls of 12,13 are falling pregnant. If girls commit suicide because of the virginity tests, they would have committed suicide anyway. It is not that important." -- Isilay Saygin, Turkey's cabinet minister in charge of women and family affairs, defending "virginity tests" after five teenage girls swallowed rat poison rather than submit to them...