Word: retort
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...offer the first specific ideas for cuts. Says a senior Bush transition official: "Cutting people's pet programs is a terribly negative way to start your Administration. We plan to postpone that as long as possible and let Congress clean up its own mess." Democratic leaders of Congress retort that Bush promised to balance the budget without new taxes or restraint on Social Security. Says Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell: "It is protocol, it is tradition, and it is correct for the President to set forth his budget goals first and for the Congress...
...laugh at that bit of Princeton nonsense. "How can one quantify the worth of a Stephen Jay Gould?" I retort haughtily. "Isn't he worth more than some two-bit rock digger from South Jersey State...
...battle continued, both sides weary but hungry for victory. Stung by the Elis' strong play, Harvard grabbed the attack once again, steaming ahead with "New Haven is a pit." The band lost some ground with its unoriginal retort: "Harvard...
...mean you could have taken your hand out of that handcuff at any time?" an incredulous Eddie asks Roger after the rabbit slips his shackles. "Not at any time," comes the retort. "Only when it was funny." Such are the Toontown laws of physics; they do not always apply to this movie. Every framed frame is beguiling, as befits a pioneering project made by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) and ace Animator Richard Williams. But not all the gags -- even those quoted from such Bugs Bunny classics as Falling Hare and Rabbit Seasoning -- have the limber...
...nickname indicates, Leelee Groome is a colorful figure, quick with a quote or a sarcastic retort. Once, on a field hockey trip home from another losing effort, Leelee Groome penned a Harvard field hockey rap and sang it in front of a bus-full of laughing teammates...