Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When he gets his salary he puts it in his breast pocket, and since I iron his suits, I take it. If the salary is not in his pocket, he may have spent it on holiday or birthday presents. I never ask." --Naina Yeltsin, on husband Boris, President of Russia...
...Variety Playhouse in Atlanta to Rockafellas, the Elbow Room and Green Streets in Columbia (young bands on this circuit don't earn much; if you're in it for the money, move to Seattle). Hootie fitted right into the Southern pop-rock scene, playing clubs, bars, parties: any parties--birthday parties, frat parties, you name it. They would would sing REM and U2 covers and maybe a few Hootie originals, then crash on a dorm-room floor. "We'd drive 12 hours to do a show," Bryan recalls. "For $150 and two free beers," Sonefeld says, finishing his band mate...
...historical revisionists are at it again. They tell us Jesus was never betrayed by Judas and wasn't resurrected on Easter. Next they'll be telling us that Christmas is the birthday of Santa Claus. Any thinking person must question the objectivity of a panel of self-appointed "experts" who have their own agenda for rewriting history. GARY YAGEL, Pastor Shady Grove Presbyterian Church Germantown, Maryland...
SENOR WENCES, 100, MANHATTAN; Ventriloquist from TV's golden age His guttural "s'all right" and squeaky "s'okay" have somehow remained part of the American comic vocabulary even as Senor Wences has faded from sight. Last week the ventriloquist quietly celebrated his 100th birthday with family in Manhattan before taking off for his customary half-year in his native Spain. Senor Wences was a staple on TV for three decades, starting on the Ed Sullivan Show, where he conducted absurd conversations with his dummy Pedro, his puppet Cecelia the chicken, or the blond-wigged Johnny, a face he painted...
Jessica became interested in flying after her parents gave her an airplane ride for her sixth birthday, which was only 23 months ago. She began taking flying lessons twice a week with Reid, who said she was an able pilot, though what that means for a seven-year-old is open to question. Her father footed the bill for the flying lessons--about $50 an hour--and also shelled out about $15,000 for the cross-country odyssey. "That's less than I'd pay for private school," Dubroff told the San Francisco Examiner...