Word: whosing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same guys whose television I hijacked every week last year would proffer the suggestion that my problem stems from having an extreme Scully-complex. They've concluded that I kind of look like her (debatable), so I must actually want to be her. I disagree wholeheartedly, though I must admit that it is nice to see someone else who's as short as I am kicking ass on a weekly basis. And how much fun would it be to get to carry a gun and flash that FBI badge all the time...
...physics professor,whose real name appropriately enough is Ernie, is an incredible whistler. "He had braces all throughout college, and he has this special whistling technique that's different from what everyone else uses. We were all worried that he wouldn't be able to do it once he got the braces off, but he could." He performs with music-minus-one, which involves whistling over classical recordings with the solo instrument removed. "He whistled at my wedding this summer," Vaux reveals. But because of some problem with the sound system, he had to whistle a Bach piece a cappella...
...last count, the three incumbents who supported Healy's ouster were re-elected, and Braude and Decker, whose campaigns advocated decreasing his power, have won their first terms in office...
Nevertheless, challengers spiced up the ballot. Charles O. Christenson, whose unofficial residence is the Cantab Lounge, and James M. Williamson, who counts bringing back the Tasty among his central platforms, at least provided alternative choices...
...York City voters dealt a stinging rebuke to Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose proposed sweeping revisions to the city charter lost by a margin of 3 to 1. The mayor's opponents characterized his proposed revisions as a power play, designed to strengthen City Hall's control over a wide array of programs and initiatives. As Giuliani conceded defeat, his Democratic foes were making gleeful predictions of the vote's effect on next year's Senate race, which is expected to pit the mayor against brand-new New Yorker Hillary Clinton...