Word: bigwig
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...starred Cambodia. Last year Pol Pot finally died in his jungle hideout, and just before the new year, two of the last three Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, turned themselves in for a while to the government of Hun Sen. The last Khmer Rouge bigwig still at large, Ta Mok, a one-legged general known as the Butcher, was captured in March and now awaits trial. For the first time in more than a generation, there are no Cambodians in refugee camps across the border in Thailand, and the Khmer Rouge, held responsible for the death...
Drawing strength from his colorful past,Simpson has delighted both bigwig politicians andHarvard undergraduates alike with his own uniqueblend of self-deprecating and cutting, sarcastichumor...
...posted an ad on Ebay for a pair of silk Victoria Secret panties. Already, there have been bidders. Yes, these bidders may be sick, but should that prevent this profitable enterprise? Imagine how much someone might pay for the panties of a NCAA Harvard hockey champ? Or a U.C. Bigwig? How much more for a bra-underwear set? The opportunities are endless. But please, no laundry room brawls--there are more than enough to go around...
DIVORCING. BROOKE SHIELDS, 33, TV actress and model, and ANDRE AGASSI, 28, pro-tennis bigwig; after two years of marriage; in Las Vegas...
...about her expulsion to the Pentagon, the young woman who'd joked about "presidential kneepads" even before she hit town hinted that she'd expose their affair if Clinton didn't rehire her at the White House. Later, when it came time to leave the city, she stipulated that bigwig Vernon Jordan be the one to help her in her job search and presented a rather intimidating list of desired positions. "Assistant producer at any of the networks," her not-so-modest proposal began, ending with "anything at George magazine." (The George job never materialized, of course, and its editor...