Word: wondered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...future of education in this state. The shining moment of her campaign came in the first week of September when she challenged Silber to a debate about the Board of Education. She took the usually aggressive and articulate Silber to task with her extensive preparation and relentless questioning. I wonder if you watched that debate. If you did, you would have seen that McGovern is a logical choice to revamp the Board with a measured and cooperative approach...
Everyone has seen the gargantuan billboards; not noticing them is impossible. "The Big Dig--Worth Its Wait," they proclaim to the Boston community, trying to comfort the drivers stuck in never-ending traffic, wondering which new road they'll have to take this time. But the construction that has already been going on for years still has a ways to go, and the garish billboards may not placate the angry driver who can't help but wonder: "What the hell is this `Big Dig' anyway...
...course, the reason the Dig is in the news so much is that it's a pain in the ass. Bostonians are confused about why the dig is taking so long and wonder why their apartments now look out into giant cement mausoleums. One possible explanation for the overwhelming length of this project is generous snack breaks for the workers. Granted these guys work hard, but do $27,000 a month of taxpayers money need to be spent on little Debbie snack cakes? Another big fund-sucker is the fish initiative that concerned many local environmentalists. To ensure the safety...
...before the film, quite appropriately, derives a lot of pleasure from bringing us there. One might argue that the movie is only about the shows that our parents watched when they were growing up, which now live on in eternal reruns on Nick at Nite--but then again, The Wonder Years, a show from our own youth, has found a home on that cable station too. The nostalgia factor isn't limited to the '50s, and you don't have to take such shows seriously to recognize that they've staked out a pretty important place in American culture...
...wonder that I might be inclined to grumble more than I ordinarily might about small charges. My irritation at being asked at the Bellagio's business center how I wished to pay for an incoming fax was based partly, I'll admit, on the fact that I had no idea where the fax came from. (It was in a sealed envelope.) Was I about to pay for gloriously good news from my agent or for another screed from that persistent gentleman who is always writing to accuse me of showing insufficient respect to the Speaker of the House...