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Lee Iacocca

(1924--)

U.S. businessman

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

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give pause

[give pause] {v. phr.} To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. * /The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give one pause

[give one pause] {v. phr.} To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. * /"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean

[clean] See: [COME CLEAN], [KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN], [MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF], [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN], [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

pause

[pause] See: [GIVE PAUSE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[AIM] "AOL Instant Messenger" Usage: * /Talk to me on AIM/.

attention whore

[attention whore] {n. phr.} {informal} Label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do […]