Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...first step involves convincing the general public that the grounds of pornography are base and demoralizing. Second, the Tanners must realize that drastic policy reversals cannot take place overnight...
Oliver Chin's October 16th cartoon "Wailing Wall Indeed..." is deeply offensive. The depiction of an Israeli soldier carrying an M-16, standing unmoved beside a dying Palestinian in front of Judaism's holiest site serves to perpetuate the most base stereotypes of Jews as power-hungry villians, who take satisfaction in watching the suffering and blood of others...
...Americans who live in Waterloo have little idea that they have left the U.S. The kids go to piano lessons and gymnastics at the local community center. The army wives fill out their time volunteering on the nearest base or at the Department of Defense school. The army officers drive off to the military base or the NATO complex every day and do their work. They all make it home by seven to watch clips of the major network news and then current episodes of "Roseanne" and the "Wonder Years...
Businesses too have begun to jump on the recession bandwagon, putting aside their plans for new projects. Until recently, Airways Rent-a-Car aimed to expand from its Chicago base into 100 U.S. cities. But the family-owned business has cut back its goal to just 25 markets. Says Michael Zaransky, the rental firm's president: "I'd rather be tight and out of cars than stuck with too many. It's just too costly...
With the deadline for the dreaded sequestration 20 days away, Darman's latest scheme proved too optimistic. When the negotiators finally sat down for 11 days at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 7, little was accomplished. Byrd, for example, demanded a $50 billion kitty for unspecified domestic spending. Several members -- Senators Robert Dole and Jim Sasser and Representative Silvio Conte -- often refused to work late. Air Force stewards larded buffet tables with so many roasts and desserts that, when asked what Andrews produced, one White House official replied, "expanded waistlines." When Bush gave his nationwide speech, the budget took...