Word: bennett
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afternoon, there was a transatlantic conference call between the advisers traveling with the President and those left behind at the White House, during which the order was given: no high-fiving or gloating in public. They didn't send anyone out to the talk shows that night, and Bennett gave only a brief sidewalk press statement. Spokesman Mike McCurry went out to address the members of the press corps traveling with Clinton, was reluctant to say whether the President had so much as smiled at the news, and then urged that they all break for dinner...
Clinton: Bruce Lindsey came to me in the hotel in Dakar and told me to call Bob Bennett, who gave me the news. I asked if it was an April Fools' joke. And he said it wasn't and explained it to me. I thanked him and his team for their good work, then went and told Hillary. Then we got with some friends at the hotel and had dinner, talked about Africa and how pleased we were with our trip...
...lines, each with presidential cachet. "You make my knees knock." "I like your curves"--or, alternatively, "I like the way the hair falls down your back." And when all else fails: "Kiss it." Lawyers of the future will know to reach at once for the trademark wordplay of Robert Bennett, growling at plaintiffs, "This is tabloid trash with a legal caption." Even our knowledge of medicine has deepened. Everyone now knows that Peyronie isn't an Italian luncheon meat...
...BENNETT Gets knocks for not settling, bad reviews for his 60 Minutes bit, but in the last act he delivers...
...colleagues led to premature enunciation of the I word (most conspicuously by George Stephanopoulos to prove his independence) and predictions that the patient had only days to live. When Americans overwhelmingly sided with the President, the press attributed it to falling morals. Virtue pundit Bill Bennett turned on his natural allies--ordinary folk and Billy Graham--to side with the press, whose family values he usually disparages. As our moment fades, watch for depressed talking heads to grab a fix in front of ATM surveillance cameras. It's cold out here...