Word: teethe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...secular hymns--liturgical music for the American mid-century. Sometimes, as in State Fair (originally written for Hollywood, now on view in a tatty theatrical version notable only as a showcase for Broadway's snazziest dancer, Scott Wise), the score is so wholesome that it practically cleans your teeth and does your homework while you hear it. But The King and I is smarter stuff, with perfect Rodgers ballads like Something Wonderful, beautifully sung here by the largely Asian cast...
...landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace, and the creation of federal agencies to punish offending businesses added teeth to the legislation. But even with formal restraints lifted, the 30 percent wage gap between similarly-qualified black and white workers has shown no sign of closing over the past generation...
Abby wants to be a dentist. Britty dreams of piloting planes. "It's gonna be kind of hard in the cockpit when one's flying and the other one's working on someone's teeth," jokes Mike. They are already asking if they might someday find husbands. And why not? says Mike. Other conjoined twins have married. "They're good-looking girls. They're witty. They've got everything going for them, except," he pauses, "they're together...
...convictions: "'If you will study the history of almost any criminal, you will find he is an inveterate cigaret [sic] smoker...I do nothing because it gives me pleasure...Most of the ailments of people come from eating too much...Salt is one of the best things for the teeth. And also for the hair...I do not believe in charity...There is something sacred about wages...Reading can become a dope habit...To say it plainly, the great majority of women who work do so in order to buy fancy clothes...A man learns something even by being hanged...
...becoming the flat-tax Don Quixote. Realistically, what Forbes seems to be seeking is no longer the nomination but vindication. What keeps Forbes spending is an almost mystical attachment to the flat tax. Recent attacks on it by Dole and his surrogates have made Forbes' blood boil. Through gritted teeth, he says they were "trampling on the flat tax for narrow, partisan purposes rather than having a clean, clear debate." Imagine that! And when he is not gallantly defending his 17% solution, Forbes shows signs of having "been bitten by the campaign bug," in the words of Republican strategist...