Word: whipped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Newt Gingrich was an upstart minority whip in the House of Representatives. O.J. Simpson was best known as a Hall of Fame running back. Nobody had ever heard of Forrest Gump. And the Kennedy School began its search for a new dean...
...Amato is in charge of recruiting, promoting and bankrolling Senate candidates nationwide. Smith isn't up to speed on a project. "Get with it!" D'Amato roars. "Get with the program! No! Get your brain in synch." He tries to restrain himself, but it's hard. He cracks the whip about fund raising--"I'm not happy! Speed it up!"--then checks on an event. "How much we gonna gross? Hell, you gotta do better! Fifty percent of that? All right. It's better than a stick in the eye." He hangs up, looking fully alive. He can't keep...
...this smoke-free piety went out in January with the arrival of the new Republican majority. Some of the top men in the House leadership are avid tobacco users. House majority leader Dick Armey and Republican Conference chairman John Boehner puff cigarettes, and House majority whip Tom DeLay often sports a wad of tobacco inside his lower lip. In the 104th Congress, smoking defines the angry-white-male revolution. It is the congressional equivalent of Ronald Reagan reaching for the Clint Eastwood "make-my-day" mythology. They're not politicians; they're Marlboro...
...majority leader Dick Armey informed Bliley that conservative Republicans, including many of the activist and free-marketeering freshmen, objected to provisions that would delay the Baby Bells from entering long distance. In short, the provisions were "too regulatory." The same message came from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican whip Tom DeLay...
Thimblerigger, played by Julie A. Terrell, is the next character to electrify the stage. As the reincarnation of Mum's lust and anger, she is so dynamic one expect a shower of sparks every time her whip lashes out or she stops just short of trampling a monkey. Her boldness and sharpness are terrific...