Word: affairing
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...might think a kiss that generated so much attention would be sexy, shocking, or at least involve two sets of lips. As it happened, the first public peck between England's PRINCE CHARLES and longtime consort CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES was a rather chaste affair. The eruption of unbridled cordiality occurred at a charity event in London given by Parker Bowles. Upon greeting, she and Charles fleetingly brushed both cheeks. No knees were weakened, no monarchy fell. Nevertheless, pictures landed on the front page of virtually every British newspaper. The prearranged public display of affection, which perhaps not so coincidentally happened...
...segregation. Hoteliers are offering rooms with nail-polish remover instead of shaving foam and a trouser press. Train operators are wondering how exotic, really, is a Tokyo groping? If a traveler wants, it's now possible for flights, hotels and even a whole holiday to be a ladies-only affair...
...businessman who aided the Jangs, 48-year-old Moon, comes across as the hero of the affair. The former textile salesman has worked with refugees in China for five years, and has helped the Jangs since they first crossed the border. He met several times with UNHCR officials who urged him to take the family to Mongolia, he says, but he deemed the trip too dangerous after he heard reports of refugees getting arrested on that route. So instead of a quiet escape, he arranged for the family to take a 24-hour bus trip to the capital. (They went...
Credit for the Jeffords Affair...
...final match, still wanting a piece of the action. Then he was in a closet; standing outside himself for the second time that day, he watched someone named Boris Becker drunkenly sire a daughter. "I had no idea what I was doing," he says. "It wasn't an affair. It was just poom-bah-boom...