Word: scareful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact is, Efil4zaggin is an entire open season for negative stereotyping. That's the classic rap posture, black male division, of course: turning the comic-book white fantasy of the black male as a murderous sexual stud into a hyperbolic reality. Rappers like N.W.A. and Public Enemy want to scare the living hell out of white America -- and sell it a whole mess of records -- by making its worst racial nightmares come true...
Once derided as a wimp, Bush can sympathize with Quayle's dilemma. Last week the two men spent 10 minutes in the Oval Office alone discussing the nation's latest "President Quayle scare." The next day Bush gave Quayle a public vote of confidence. "I see him in action," said Bush. "I know what he's doing. He has been extraordinarily helpful, and I can't ask any more of him." Quayle's friends say he is calm about the controversy, sustained by Bush's unflagging endorsement. Notes one: "It would be psychologically impossible to explain his genuine confidence were...
...Bermuda, the President noticed Major's weary appearance. "Are you wiped out?" he asked. "You have to take care of yourself, John. You must pace yourself." Bush urged Major to take a vacation, and the Conservative leader did manage a few days off at Easter. During Bush's health scare, Major returned the gesture of friendship and concern by phoning the President at the hospital...
After Bush's heart scare, a look at five leaders who could replace the shaky Veep...
Jillson denies that threatening to sue is only a scare tactic meant to sway council votes. "When you are denied continually, you figure you have nothing to lose, so you'll be as outrageous as possible," she says...