Word: sickingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Christine, the deaf secretary he has bogusly courted for the sole pleasure of dumping her. As she registers the enormity of his betrayal, Chad stares at her and says, "So how does it feel?" This moment in Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men packs such a sick smack that at a showing at the Samuel Goldwyn Pavilion in West Los Angeles last week, a woman gasped and shook her head in disgust; another, supplying a retort for Christine, said, "I feel like cutting your cojones...
...million pounds of E. coli contaminated frozen burgers, all called back last week in the largest ground beef recall in US history. The Team is poring over records and procedures used at the factory to try and figure out what happened. At least 15 people in Colorado have gotten sick from the burgers, though the patties were distributed nationwide...
...Hudson Foods Co. is warning consumers nationwide to get rid of burgers that may be contaminated with the deadly E.coli bacteria. The recall comes two months after the patties were produced, and is definitely too late for four people in Colorado who downed a few last month and got sick. Hudson doubts any of the burgers are still on store shelves, but says you should check your freezer for 48-ounce packages with the code 156A7, three-pounders (156B7) and 15-pound boxes (155B7). Especially dangerous to children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems, E.Coli can cause dehydration...
...behind this lies something even edgier and more discomfiting, a connection between the amazing economy and the sick joke: the attitude that if this rising tide doesn't lift your boat, you must be one hell of a loser...
...Monday, Clinton said he was "sick at heart" that the Democratic National Committee may have accepted overseas funds, carefully distinguishing the DNC from the Clinton-Gore campaign, which, he said, "checked every check." Today, internal memos revealed an extensive effort by Gore's staff to schedule time for him to make phone calls seeking donations from his desk near the Oval Office. While it's illegal for federal employees to solicit money in federal buildings, Gore maintains he was not subject to that restriction. Meanwhile, Common Cause points out Republican Party committees received $23.1 million in soft money this year...