Word: superable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maliciously lead to racial stereotyping. Brunvand, a professor of English at the University of Utah, sees little humor or truth in the 1980 rumor that Southeast Asian immigrants in California were capturing and eating pets. Yet many people want to believe such tales. "I could run ads with the Super Bowl broadcast saying that the latest hot legends are pure folklore," says Brunvand, "and still some people . . . would pass on the story itself rather than the expose...
...dynamic artistic director, scheduled to air in August. The tightly woven hour combines Levine's own reflections -- on choosing music as a career, his admiration for Toscanini -- with revealing views of him at work. Whether he is steering his orchestra through a demanding passage during rehearsal ("I need super concentration here . . . like you were driving in heavy traffic") or attending to business in his Lincoln Center office, every scene seems to define the man and command our respect...
...Here we are living on Jupiter, and we have this wonderful historic footage of men landing on the moon.' " TV's early programming was preserved only haphazardly, and much of the museum's job has been to locate "lost" material. Still missing, for instance, are the first Super Bowl and Johnny Carson's debut as regular host of the Tonight show...
...distracted. Burger liked to remind reporters that he was Chief Justice of the U.S., not of just the Supreme Court, and more than any other chief he worked to improve the somewhat rickety administration of the federal courts. His great ambition, which he never realized, was to create a "super court" of appeals to siphon off some of the burgeoning case load of the Supreme Court...
...think [Giamatti] was an excellent choice," said American League President Dr. Robert W. ("Bobby") Brown. "While he may not have a lot of practical knowledge, his super-intelligence and devotion to the game should carry him through," said Brown, who played for the New York Yankees and practiced cardiology before being selected to head the league...