Word: squirms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...G.O.P. House members is still devoted to Gingrich, it can nonetheless be counted on to cause him discomfort in the months ahead. For their second hundred days in office, the freshmen are working on campaign- finance reform bills, an issue that can make more senior members of both parties squirm. ``That's going to cause some fuss among some of the people who are here, because they like things the way they are,'' says Representative Sue Myrick of North Carolina...
...flashes in as the bus rattles past trees and buildings, but it's not welcome inside the bus. Students squirm to stay out of the light, and then settle back into the seats for a typically jolting ride to the Science Center...
...twilight of the Roman Empire was characterized by a once-great people overindulging in the excesses of an unproductive, decadent, circus-filled life. That's what America is. Instead of getting on with our lives, we watch O.J. squirm. Instead of producing, we rehash murder scenes for dirty, empty profit...
...this book, though not in a titillating way. The intimate tone in which Wurtzel narrates sordid detail after humiliating incident after debasing sexual encounter is almost obscenely exhibitionistic, even for our culture of confession, especially since it serves no purpose other than alternately to bore us and make us squirm. Perhaps it's meant to be inspirational--Wurtzel did a lot of crazy stuff, but she pulled through and she's not ashamed--but instead it's pathetic. Most of us will have to swallow a lot of Prozac before we're able to swallow this...
Even so, some top officials could be made to squirm, beginning with Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen. Jean Hanson, general counsel of the Treasury, has reportedly told investigators that she briefed Bentsen about 1993 meetings between lower Treasury officials and White House aides concerning a Whitewater-related investigation before press reports of the meetings surfaced. In March, Bentsen said he knew nothing about any such contacts before they came to light. Bentsen is expected to testify that he does not recollect any such briefing...