Word: thuggishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bashful foreign mechanic on the sitcom Taxi whose salutation "Tenk you veddy much" became a national catchphrase. But a small cult of hard-core fans reveres Kaufman as a performance artist who upended stand-up comedy to explore his inner child. He wrestled women for laughs, created a thuggish alter ego named Tony Clifton and never let on where the prankster stopped and the real person began. When he died of cancer in 1984, at 35, even close friends suspected a hoax...
...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
...taken in any case; the debate was to determine the level of severity. Outside University Hall gathered students drumming and chanting, a happy little mob urging that "justice be done!" This would not be the first group of self-righteous protesters that tries to drown out debate with thuggish tactics, but the tactics were especially troubling in light of the case being discussed...
...taken in any case; the debate was to determine the level of severity. Outside University Hall gathered students drumming and chanting, a happy little mob urging that "justice be done!" This would not be the first group of self-righteous protesters that tries to drown out debate with thuggish tactics, but the tactics were especially troubling in light of the case being discussed...