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Word: bloomless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ouch. Block that bloomless rose. But among subsequent columns was one in February titled "Let Dole Lead." Helprin recommended there that Dole, the wily legislative fox, drive Clinton bonkers with bills he would look bad vetoing. By this time the G.O.P.'s future was in danger and whether it was lost was pretty much up to the old rhinoceros. Dole read the column and liked it. In April he met with Helprin, an aloof, inscrutable character who lives on a 200-acre farm in New York's Hudson Valley, and Helprin became the first person in years to give voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOST AND HIS RHINOCEROS | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

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