Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Roll up sleeves...
...Roll sleeves back down...
Garza made a motion for a roll call vote--thefirst of the year--in order to preserve a publicrecord of the proceedings and to "ensureaccountability...
...when sensational crimes and celebrity scandals grab the nation's attention, these are the shows that do the spadework, uncover the dirt, get the scoops. Their style may be cheesy and their tactics dicey (including liberal use of the checkbook), but they are doing a lot of old-fashioned, roll-up-your-sleeves journalism. What's more, at a time when the network- magazine shows are not only embracing more sensational material but also getting into serious trouble for employing some irresponsible techniques (as in Dateline NBC's use of explosive charges to hype a report on safety problems...
Burroughs delivers cheerless homilies with his usual gimlet-eyed glee: "You ever see a dog roll in carrion? Well now, a city boy see that and he might get tempted to join the dog . . ." The old hipster even indulges in a bit of moralizing, making a somewhat heavy-handed connection between the magic bullets and the temptation of drugs...