Word: spews
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...choice, a strong opponent of Clinton's making that a litmus test for a nomination to the Supreme Court. So, You know, my opinions come out unpredictable in many ways. I'm a strongly committed Jew and yet I support the right of holocaust deniers and of Nazis to spew their poison. I think of myself as a feminist and yet I think that women who make accusations of rape cannot hide behind anonymity, must have their names disclosed. You know, my views don't fit neatly into any pigeonhole...
...continued in this kindergarten manner for a while before he decided to check some list. (I heard paper rustling.) My name was on the list, he announced smugly. Therefore I had received it. I asked if it were possible that the omnipotent Registrar's Office, long may it spew red tape, had actually made a mistake? (That's not exactly what I said, but I wish I had.) He then retreated to his second line of defense. It didn't matter anyway since it was my responsibility to find out these things, not the responsibility of the Registrar's Office...
Rather than spew unoriginal cliches, U.C. observers might choose to demand substance from the candidates in their House or Yard region, both before and after elections. The actions of U.C. representatives parallel the rest of human activities in that, left unchecked, they follow the natural human tendency toward self-interest...
...Wisconsin Power & Light, agreed to sell pollution "credits" to two other companies, among them one of the nation's dirtiest utilities, the Tennessee Valley Authority. This innovative, market-based deal, made possible under the 1990 Clean Air Act, will allow T.V.A. and the Duquesne Light Co. of Pittsburgh to spew larger quantities of sulfur dioxide into the air while WP&L reduces its emissions. The arrangement is probably the first of many, and it should help lower the overall cost of curbing acid rain, since some utilities may opt to buy less costly rights now and delay more expensive efforts...
...English that certifies Wayne as this month's pop-cultural phenom.) Actually, he is a fairly learned dude; his I.Q. could match those of Bill and Ted and still have points % left over for Homer Simpson. Wayne's vocabulary is abundant with synonyms for the verb vomit: hurl, spew, honk. With his Chinese girlfriend he can chat in Cantonese. And only Wayne noticed that two actors played Darrin on Bewitched: "Dick Sargent, Dick York. Sargent York...