Word: swipes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton dispensed with losers' night, a Democratic tradition whereby those vanquished in the primaries get to take one last prime-time swipe at the winner. Jesse Jackson's ranting took place off-camera at a Don't Mess with Jesse rally at Harlem's Apollo Theater. By the time he took to the convention stage on Tuesday, half-glasses perched professorially on his nose, the anger seemed to have gone out of him. He still had the lyrics, but the music was missing. The Democrats' other problem child, former California Governor Jerry Brown, got only 20 minutes...
...swipe at Stevenson, who was divorced, Ike's spots targeted the women's vote by portraying the President as a "traditional family man." Mamie was used repeatedly; her "smile and modesty and easy natural charm make her the ideal First Lady," said the G.O.P. spots. Bush may be more subtle, but Barbara will undoubtedly surface as the Republicans seek to remind voters of Clinton's once troubled marriage...
...they take their seats, passengers will find their names and welcome aboard already on their screens. News and weather data will scroll past as they settle in, followed by the ineluctable buckle-up-for-safety sermon. Next will come a menu with instructions (in four languages) on how to swipe any credit card through the electronic reader on the handset to pay the costs of a phone call...
...court's swipe came in an opinion involving Keith Hudson, a black Louisiana prisoner who was kicked and punched by two guards while he was handcuffed and shackled. A supervisor stood by, instructing the guards "not to have too much fun." The high court held that the use of such excessive force may constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment even if the inmate does not suffer serious injury. But in a dissent joined only by Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas wrote that the court's decision was "yet another manifestation of the pervasive view that the Federal Constitution...
Americans over 40 might be startled by a description of the Glorious Fourth that points out the racial, sexual and social characteristics of the Founding Fathers, never mind taking a swipe or two at Jefferson. But most of today's schoolchildren would not be surprised. It is now fairly commonplace to learn American history in the context of who has oppressed, excluded or otherwise mistreated whom. All across the country, students are imbibing a version of the past and present that their parents would not recognize...