Word: thrown
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Falwell took it very seriously. He sued the X-rated magazine and Publisher Larry Flynt for $45 million, charging them with invasion of privacy, libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In 1984 his privacy claim was thrown out by a federal judge, and a jury found no libel, believing no reasonable person could think that the spoof was being presented as factual. But the jury agreed with Falwell's complaint about emotional distress and awarded the televangelist $200,000. Despite the novelty of the verdict, an appeals court upheld the judgment. The jury's award to Falwell...
Insignificance is sort of an arty Breakfast Club. A brain, a bombshell, a demagogue and a jock are thrown haphazardly together. They take advantage of this unique situation by incessantly talking to one another. They talk about relativity, they talk about relationships, they talk about their childhood, they talk about their insecurities. As Einstein (here called "the Professor") pithily concludes, "If two people don't give each other time, they give each other nothing...
Cornell over Clarkson, mini-game: Lynah's too much for Golden Knights. Get barraged by flying fish. Get chickens thrown at them and other tasteless objects. Big Red returns to Boston Garden...
...course, nothing tops Lynah Rink for crowd crudity and enthusiasm. Chickens are tied to goalposts between periods. Strange--often tasteless--objects are thrown on the ice during play. And the noise level would drown out the Concorde...
That put only a temporary damper on the party being thrown by the athletic % underclass. Most were even making plans for 1992 and beyond. "I've got at least two more Olympics in me," declares Gonzalez. Fellow Luger Tucker is also future-gazing. "Maybe," he says, "it's time to start driving a bobsled." En garde, Albert...