Word: reverend
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought of a morning about 25 years ago in a corridor of Washington's Willard Hotel. I had an appointment to interview Jackson in his hotel room at eleven. As I walked down the hotel corridor, I saw Jackson walking in front of me, and I called out, "Reverend Jackson...
...Mama Ann saw a potentially positive aspect of the backlash. "Let them blame the Jews. It's about time they put some new machines in." Then after rethinking, she said, "There's enough trouble the Jews have. The blacks are up in arms too. I don't know why. Reverend Jacksy, Jacksy, what's his name has been rabble rousing in Palm Beach. You know, Florida is making a name for itself for being crooked. It is. Their police officers aren't the best. They're real rednecks, the police. I resent that they don't speak more English down...
...personalities, one group of entertainers needed somebody to laugh at; the other group needed somebody to be furious at. The impulse had as much to do with showbiz as with politics. When the post-election fray was joined by Jesse Jackson (whom one WABC spieler absently referred to as "Reverend Sharpton") and Robert Wexler ("one of the most vicious Clinton defenders," according to one of Grant's guests), the Radio Right hosts were ecstatic. They feed on familiar figures of liberal fun the way David Letterman milked the name "Buttafuoco" for years of monologues...
...This year, President Clinton selected 15 Americans to receive the award, including the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., former senator and Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
...Reverend Billy Graham, 80 years old and suffering from Parkinson's disease, delivers an evangelical oration tailored for undergraduates at Memorial Church's morning service. Graham is greeted by a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,500--including students who spent the night on the church's front steps to get a seat...