Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still worry. You avoid the mirror in you bathroom. You can't even tell how you look...
...respect from the public. People trust Koppel to ask penetrating, frank questions that reflect their own concerns. Koppel is also well-known for his persistence, making sure that his guests do not get off the hook without answering his question or at least clearly showing that they want to avoid answering...
...accessible to reporters, only to retreat as their terms wore on. Former NBC News correspondent Marvin Kalb, director of the Barone Center, is convinced that politicians cannot be truly successful without being open to the press. But his experience as a reporter forces him to admit that they can avoid the press with little damage. "The Bush campaign has kept its distance from the press," he says. "The Dukakis camp started out maintaining a constant dialogue, but found out there wasn't much mileage...
...physician stationed at the submarine base in Groton, Conn., shopping in Flemington is a kind of pre-emptive strike against overpaying. He strides through the Van Heusen outlet, selecting sport shirts from neat stacks. "I planned to stop off here on a trip to Philadelphia," he says, "just to avoid the ungodly markups on clothing at the regular stores...
...wardrobe, according to one former White House official. This source says the room, roughly 10 ft. by 15 ft., has held hundreds of dresses in built-in cabinets along all four walls. Each dress is labeled with the occasions on which it was worn, apparently so Mrs. Reagan can avoid displaying it again in front of the same audience...