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...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...
...oppose the measure. Cheerleading for Hanes' parent, Sara Lee Corp., and other U.S. apparel makers with major Caribbean interests, is former Reagan aide KEN DUBERSTEIN. Also coming out of the closet on this issue is PRESIDENT CLINTON, a close friend of Sara Lee Corp. CEO and Democratic fund-raising bigwig JOHN BRYAN. Clinton, long in favor of the provision, phoned Senate majority leader TRENT LOTT late last week to make clear his support for the bill. At the moment, most of the honorable gentlemen seem to prefer Hanes...
...commentary career began when a bigwig heard him in New York reading from his diaries like a standup comedian. Though he is frequently on "Morning Edition," he never listens to his own voice and is sure that no reader suffers from its absence. He plans to continue in radio...