Word: affair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take a paternity test. Some skeptics were suspicious because Cosby's blood sampling was done by surprise and in secret rather than in a controlled setting along with Autumn, in keeping with the usual practice in paternity cases. And the rest of the country wondered whether the whole sad affair could get any messier...
...single and living within an income that does not match her talent. A friend suggests she invent a fiance to get a raise based on this spurious evidence of stability. A wedding videographer named Nick (Jay Mohr) agrees to go along with the gag, hoping to turn their fake affair into the real thing...
...character of Japanese society--the sheer unthinkableness of any but a purely platonic affair between two such protagonists--is perfectly exemplified in the Japanese attitude towards dancing, still looked at askance and rather suspiciously as a somewhat unseemly public demonstration. Sugiyama's victory is not that he wins Mai (though, in a sense, he does) but that he transcends these barriers and gains something even more precious: the pure joy of dancing and a taste of freedom and exhilaration that has eluded him in all the other aspects of his strictly-conventional life...
...Chairman, Army General John Shalikashvili, who retires in October. Another is Shelton's squeaky-clean demeanor, which became a prerequisite after the Defense Secretary was forced to abandon his first choice for the job, Air Force General Joseph Ralston, because of the disclosure that the general had had an affair more than a decade ago. This time Cohen knew he needed a winner. After just six months as the lone Republican in Clinton's Cabinet, Cohen was already being typed as too timid and pointy-headed for the job. A second failed candidacy would have been disastrous. After an initial...
...reigning prince of sensitive-guy pop may be Jakob Dylan, lead singer for the folk-rock band the Wallflowers. The band's latest CD, Bringing Down the Horse, has sold 3 million copies and is still going strong. The album is actually a weary affair, but it has taken radio by storm with its Top 40 guitar hooks and introspective lyrics, and with Dylan's shadowy, intimate vocals. Does Dylan consider himself sensitive? "I think people like myself feel the same thing everyone else feels," he says. "But sometimes [people] focus on one aspect of their feelings, like anger...