Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hear what it is saying. To complete the film's moral balance, she has a brother who is the only figure totally insensate to the value, financial or spiritual, of the sculpture. To him it's just something to try to fence for a few pounds sterling and toss on a junk heap when he fails...
...women, he likes kids, and he's proud of a tangy hors d'oeuvre he fashions from sliced cucumbers, black pepper and the cheapest vinegar you can buy. At the grocery store, he waits patiently in line to buy swordfish, but he refuses to purchase any lettuce you cannot toss from home plate to first base. His satiric quips often surface without warning, and nearly two decades of pun drill have honed this trademark skill, allowing him to punctuate any point with a snappy one-liner: "This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows...
...workable substitute is at hand. "Multiculturalism," as the new menace is known, has been denounced in the media recently as the new McCarthyism, the new fundamentalism, even the new totalitarianism -- take your choice. According to its critics, who include a flock of tenured conservative scholars, multiculturalism aims to toss out what it sees as the Eurocentric bias in education and replace Plato with Ntozake Shange and traditional math with the Yoruba number system. And that's just the beginning. The Jacobins of the multiculturalist movement, who are described derisively as P.C., or politically correct, are said to have launched...
...gift comes with a few strings attached. Nothing in it can be sold or lent out. It will go into what is now called the Andre Meyer galleries -- an awkwardly designed space that the Met wants to rebuild. Will Annenberg toss in the extra $10 million or so the museum needs for the job? And will Meyer's name vanish from the plaque, to be replaced by the ex-ambassador's? Don't bet against...
...POLITICALLY CORRECT toss around serious charges like "racist!" and "sexist!" so often to promote conformity that actual incidents of racism and sexism are often written off as wolf-crying...