Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...military's Long Binh jail in Vietnam; Jerusalem Slim, the radical syndicalists' derisive name for Jesus; Oscar, an unpleasant or foolish man. Joe gets more than three pages of entries, among them Joe Lunchpail, an ordinary working man, and Joe Sad, black English for a friendless or unpopular man. John Wayne wins nine citations. To John-Wayne is to attack with great force; a John Wayne cookie is a military field-ration biscuit...
WASHINGTON: If there's one thing a Congressman hates, it's looking like a tool of big business ? especially when it's a business as unpopular as Big Tobacco. Although a provision was quietly slipped into last month's tax-cut legislation allowing tobacco companies to use the cost of a gradual 15-cent per pack increase ? some $50 billion ? as a credit towards the proposed $368.5 billion national settlement, Senators began to disown the plan once it was made public. Wednesday, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to squash it altogether. "This is the kind of thing that no Congressman wants...
...other words, even as Americans are told that they could change their lives if they just lost that extra poundage, the public perception of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich seems to have been unaffected by their weight loss. Clinton is still popular. Gingrich is still unpopular. As another American President once said, "Life is unfair." That President, of course, had his own vacation compound on the Cape and was slim to begin with...
...protect sunbathing vacationers during peak feeding time. Meanwhile Mickey and Goofy will continue to work full shifts at Disney's three theme parks, where spraying has already taken place. Not taking any chances, the Magic Kingdom also requested its guests to wear long-sleeved shirts and pants ? an unpopular suggestion in balmy summertime Florida. What will stop the scare? A couple nights in the low 40s, according to health officials. Until then, keep that bug repellent handy...
...stripes say they're tired of the warfare. But dissatisfaction with Newt remains high, and a survivalist strategy won't satisfy his ego for long. Which is why Gingrich himself may be searching for a way to quit. He has a cover. According to several advisers, America's most unpopular politician is thinking about stepping down as Speaker--to run for President...