Word: sir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Guinea's 3.4 million people are Catholics, but cherch leaders have had to struggle to adapt their faith to a culture in which cannibalism is still a living memory. A tongue-in-cheek column in a local news paper assured the Pope: "Don't be scared, sir...
...born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather. To celebrate the birthday, Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla., has planned a summer-long salute to the irascible star, featuring 50, yes sir 50, real live ducks that will waddle along with Donald through the Magic Kingdom on at least three outings during the next month. Of course, it takes an odd duck to be fooled by a fellow in a funny suit. So the Disney folks painstakingly trained the Pekins to accept the costumed canard...
...Sir," continued the stranger, "let me present you with a question what events would you guess have the two most expensive ticket prices...
...Sir. I don't know about you but the satisfaction which I, as a spectator, derive from the Olympics does not evolve solely from watching Carl Lewis run faster than Ivan Gregoriovich. Yes, I enjoy witnessing the finest athletes in the world striving to beat one another. And, yes, I can empathize with them when that opportunity is destroyed, because their governments use them as political lever age. And upon first instinct, I too, condemn the politicization of the Olympics...
...Hold on a second, sir, We've listened long enough, says one of the men as the atmosphere of the room grows tumultuous again. "How can you contend that politics and the Olympics should have anything to do with each other...