Word: tastelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President also tackled tasteless television, getting the networks to agree to a ratings system, despite Ted Turner's protestation that all would soon be Brady Bunch mush. But better Marsha fretting over going steady than the glut of sex scenes now as common in sitcoms as car chases are in movies. One minute my daughter and I are loading the dishwasher watching Mad About You and then--bang!--on the screen two people are actively engaged in baby making. Even anything-goes libertines I've asked cringe at the idea of watching soft-core sex with their children...
Fraction-1, a tasteless, odorless protein found in all green vegetables but in especially high concentrations in tobacco. It has a greater nutritional value than the milk protein casein and can be used to fortify cosmetics, food and soft drinks...
Safe sex may be made safer with dairy. A by-product of whey, the tasteless liquid exuded in cheesemaking, appears to prevent the AIDS virus from infecting cells in the test tube. In the future it may be used with condoms in creams or foams...
...Dole will start waving his wizened arm like a magic wand, frantically trying to capture the delegates he needs to win in San Diego. He will tell and retell the story of how his right arm was paralyzed. If his poll numbers continue to slip, he will begin adding tasteless details about shrapnel fragments, and finally, he will start choking into tears as he recounts the tale of his sacrifice...
YOUR COVER WITH ITS PHOTOMONTAGE of Senator Bob Dole's head on top of General Powell's uniformed body was the most tasteless thing I have ever seen. I was greatly offended by TIME's disrespect to two of the most significant men in this country today. DOROTHY GENTRY DeSoto, Texas Via E-mail...