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has-been
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a has-been
someone who was popular and famous in the past but is now forgotten. I forget who the third guest was - some old has-been whose name I didn't even know.


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The film opens with Alex being wooed to participate in "Battle of the '80s Has-Beens," in which he's expected to box with the likes of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, the last one standing winning the honor to actually sing.
I couldn't agree more with the article entitled "Assault on the Electoral College" (June 26) by George Detweiler, especially his exposure of the idiocy of, not to mention the blatant unconstitutionality of, the proposed "National Popular Vote Plan" espoused by a number of political has-beens.
4, The Washington Post's Walter Pincus joined the apologists for indicted AIPAC has-beens Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman.
 
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