Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world's one quite sincere democrat," St. Francis of Assisi. The wealthy 13th century Italian, a man-about-town who was "born again" and founded the Franciscan order, is a Cuomo favorite. The Governor suggested that if St. Francis were alive today, his ascetic devotion to the poor, sick and oppressed might have led him to progressive politics and the ideals of the Democratic Party. Though Republicans may jeer at Cuomo's sudden secularization of a saint and dismiss his remarks about Darwinism as the origin of the specious, Democrats hope that the erudite comparison will serve them...
...Dearest Mother, I hope you have not been believing all those nasty reports about the capitalist beauty pageant here in Miami. Of course, the messy dish they call "tacos" does not compare with your kielbasa, but I can't believe that is why some of the girls got sick and had to go to the hospital. And I must admit that poor Miss Sri Lanka left early; she was so homesick. I missed Poland too, but oh how I wish you could have seen the wonderfully decadent Western luxuries bestowed on the new Miss Universe, a sweet 21-year...
...with her while he spoke to his wife over the phone. When I asked what the conversation was about, the writer, said, "Nothing much." He asked her how the kids were and whether or not she had gotten the car fixed. It was all very sick...
...wants it both ways. He gets the point across that all the screwing around he did was "sick" but he is still proud of having been included in the survey. The several pages he devotes to this analysis ring especially hollow when he writes about how much he loved his wife and how their divorce was mostly her fault for not understanding...
...gradual but determined strangulation of the rule," he wrote. "It now appears that the court's victory over the Fourth Amendment is complete." David Shrager, president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, agreed. "Good faith is just a code word for saying we're sick and tired of the exclusionary rule," he complained...