Word: barring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...correspondent Jay Branegan -- "that even if the President committed this felony, he shouldn't be impeached." Not that Ruff went easy on Starr. But compared to Craig and Kendall, Ruff was definitely the good cop, the cop who could understand why Republicans were so upset. He set the exculpatory bar low enough that the House's less virulent Clinton-haters can now clear it if they want to. Next week, we'll find out if any of them will jump...
...thing that always strikes me about the under-23 team is that, in this country, there's never been a group of girls our age, that has played rugby as well as we do," Steele said. "There's just a sense that we can put the bar as high...
...disuse back in the 1980s, when commercial real estate prices soared and retailers became obsessed with packing more merchandise into stores. Smart retailers now aim to "give the customer a feeling of familiarity, keep her in the store, make her linger," says Stone. Even small amenities like a coffee bar, says Martin Pegler, a professor of merchandising at Manhattan's Fashion Institute of Technology, can make customers feel more comfortable in a store. "It's not giggles and bubblegum and balloons," says Pegler. "It's convenience. People are longing for small pleasures in shopping...
Having a mean, stupid boss is part of the fun of working. It's what bonds you to your fellow employees, even your fellow Americans. Who wants to be the guy at the bar who pipes up with "Actually, my boss brings me a bear claw and a mochachino every morning...
This is Springsteen at his flawed best, reminding us of our youthful affection: adorable Bruce in his white undershirt, half-shaven. But in the middle of the catchiest tune on the album, "Seaside Bar Song," which shares with the '60s-infused swinger "So Young and In Love" and the second disk's "Where the Bands Are" the same attitude of giggly boardwalk fun that made the early albums special, Springsteen reminds us where he is going: out of the organs and saxophone comes the ancestor of The Ghost of Tom Joad's most recognizeable whispered refrain, "The highway is alive...