Word: wimps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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YOUR CHOICE OF GINGRICH IS A SLAP IN the face to many Americans. It is a disgrace to name this social wimp and babbling salesman instead of one of the many who made real and significant contributions that benefited America and the world during 1995. ED TOWERS Mission Viejo, California...
...really don't get it," says Gramm, peering over his gold-rimmed aviator glasses, his Muppet-like head bobbing plaintively, "but this is the be-all and end-all for Kay. I don't care about this Medicaid thing myself but I'm being made to look like a wimp. Me, Phil Gramm, a wimp. You've got to save me here. Talk to her; make her see it's not going to happen...
Physicists and astronomers have looked for all of the above and more, but results have been inconclusive. WIMP searches are barely getting under way; MACHO hunts have turned up disappointingly few flickers at the outer edges of the Milky Way (but surprisingly many toward the galaxy's core). The latest teaser came last month when news leaked out that researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory had seen evidence for what could be a slightly massive neutrino...
Amidst the intensity of Camp's performance, some of the minor characters are obscured. The traitorous trio of Cambridge (Michael Janes), Scroop (Randall Jaynes) and Grey (James Framer) seem particularly flimsy. For the most part, supporting performances are strong. The clown Pistol (Ben Halley) and the wimp Fluellen (Thomas Derrah) are able to grab the audience's attention. Lenore Chaix, as Princess Katherine of France, is as voluptuous, coy and well, French, as any king could hope...
...equivalent epithet about men. Bastard and son of a bitch have less sting, in part because society expects -- and rewards -- toughness in men. The only comparable insult to hurl at a man is to question his manliness. The charge George Bush resented the most was being called "wimp...