Word: blonde
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...start of the morning show's much publicized problems. First was the infamous Gumbel memo, in which the anchor made disparaging remarks about some of his colleagues, notably weatherman Willard Scott. Then came the departure of longtime co-anchor Jane Pauley and her replacement by Norville, the brittle blond who alienated both viewers and staff members. Today slipped from No. 1 to second in the ratings; morale sank just as fast. "This place went through hell," says Zucker. "We can acknowledge it now because it's over...
...moderate Republicans, that nearly extinct species whose nostrums George Bush once championed. Tsongas enjoys a reputation as a hard-nosed economic truth teller, largely because he never tires of self-righteously describing himself in those terms. Clinton, on the other hand, suffers from what Mario Cuomo calls the "dumb-blond syndrome": If you're good-looking, you can't be smart. In fact, though, if deep-think and specifics attract you, Clinton is the more forceful and articulate...
...suspect then drove off in a car that hadbeen parked on North Harvard Street. Pepperddescribed the suspect as a white male, 6'0" to6'2," 180 pounds, with light blond hair andwearing a gray sweatshirt...
Among the residents, merchants and criminals of Venice, Calif., officer Kelly Shea is as well known as the neighborhood gang leaders. The blond mane neatly tied back, slender figure and pink lipstick violate the stereotype of guardian of law and order; but Shea, 32, has managed to win the respect of street thugs who usually answer more readily to the slam of a cop's billy club. She speaks softly, raising her voice only as needed. While her record of arrests during her 10 years on patrol is comparable to those of the men in her division, she has been...
Americans are apt to get to like Courier. He plays with a baseball cap tugged over his barbered (not styled) reddish-blond locks. It is almost impossible to see his bony, big-eyed, broad-mouthed face without envisioning him atop a tractor. He is athletic but not graceful, a meat-and-potatoes player who got ahead by hard work. Says ex-champion turned TV commentator Fred Stolle: "Grit and determination, they're his trademarks." Adds Stolle's broadcast partner Cliff Drysdale: "Courier is a bulldog...