Word: rude
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rude, I'm overbearing," Downey admits. But he insists such tactics are needed to "break away the Madison Avenue veneer that all these experts come on the show with nowadays. You get them angry enough, they'll blow their stack and tell you what they really think." The show's producers say Downey's abrasive style fills a gap left by the departure of Joe Pyne and other strident talk stars of the '60s. Though Downey's audience outside the New York City area is limited to about 14 million cable homes that receive WWOR, there is already talk...
...doubt that Jakes's selection had been vetted by the Kremlin. Gorbachev, who made little secret of his dislike of Husak, sent a congratulatory message to Jakes, predicting that his appointment would lead to the "further development and revival of Socialism on Czechoslovak soil." When the local party daily Rude Pravo published the Soviet message, however, it dropped the word revival, with its implied criticism of Husak...
Lynah's lewd, rude, and crude bunch of students will do anything to rattle an opposing netminder. Chant the goalie's name, label him a sieve (along with other spacious structures) and throw objects that would repulse many...
...After a rude, 121-80 dismounting by the Eagles, the Harvard men's basketball team will try to hop back in the saddle today against the University of New Hampshire in Durham...
...think it's rude and tasteless," said one freshman who asked not to be identified. "I might get some of that sort of item if it cost nothing...