Word: cornyness
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• "He grew up in a working-class household with a strong sense of morality. He has a sort of 'Oh, gosh' quality, an aspect that's almost corny, that sees things as black or white." - Former colleague J. Gilmore Childers, who prosecuted terrorism cases with Fitzgerald in New York...
I'm not a very nostalgic person, and I view the shows differently. When I think of my childhood, I think of The Andy Griffith Show. Happy Days was more like college or the Army, where those relationships are my first adult friendships. Both have important places in my heart...
The fascination with the First-in-More-Than-One-Way Family is not just about race. A young family in the White House symbolizes change more vividly than any Cabinet appointment. Whitney Houston was corny but right: children are the future and a potent symbol thereof. Also, there will be...
The NBA takes the less-than-stellar image of its referees very seriously. But when the league announced in July that it was putting a two-star Army general in charge of its officiating, the jokes started flying. Even the refs themselves can't resist corny quips. "You know, instead...
Four years later, Obama has returned to the field where he redrew the lines. He has gone back to promising politics that does not scorch the earth and scar the soul. It's idealistic to the point of corny, except that, especially now, you get the feeling that the reason...