Word: uncouthness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were keeping them poised for the next sip of alcohol, which, it seemed, was never more than a few seconds away," and describes a group of a "new strain of flower child...these were flower children who wanted to get rich. Hippies with Rotarian hearts." He asks, "Wasn't uncouthness--or at least the option of being uncouth--the whole point of living in Nome...
...Turner has prevailed over long odds before. He rebuilt his family's failing billboard business, turned money-losing WTBS into a national cable powerhouse with profits of $5 million last year and won the America's Cup against the world's finest yachtsmen. Brash, abrasive, sometimes uncouth, Ted Turner is a guy that many people would love to see fail. In his current enterprise, though, he has a lot of fans. Says NBC'S Davis: "The more people we have in the news business, the better off we are in this country...