Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impeachment proceeding, but there are still ideological divisions within the party--over welfare, over health care and over the future of Social Security--that deserve to be addressed. Gore is clearly in the centrist camp associated with the Democratic Leadership Council and of course most prominently exemplified by his boss in the White House. Now is the time for the party to consider a possible return to its more liberal roots. Gore is an able and principled man, but letting him coast to the nomination would be a disservice to the Democrats...
...June 1992 when, in the middle of the courtroom, he toppled flat onto his back. Coughing up blood, the prosecutor from San Bernardino County, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, apologized profusely to the court for the delay. "David stood out" for his fairness and selflessness, says his former boss John Kochis. "You felt good when you were around David...
...head collisions of tractor trailers, elephant-on-elephant violence--Nelson's company, Termite Art Productions, has focused on grossing people out (though it also makes programs for PBS). His Busted on the Job specials highlight food employees hocking loogies into tacos and an uber-Dilbertian secretary defecating on her boss's chair. Nelson's new Busted Everywhere for Fox is more of the same. He doesn't go along with Nash's excuses about storytelling or moralizing. "We thought it was funny footage of employees acting stupid," he says. "I like to think of Busted as tapping into the mojo...
...portraits to painted coach panels, from large allegorical paintings to banners for tourneys, costumes for masques, sets for the theater (which Alfonso delighted in) and perhaps the occasional crucifix or emblem of chastity for the ducal mistress's bedroom. Dosso had to second-guess the veering tastes of his boss--flatter him, keep him interested. And then there were the courtiers to deal with...
...inevitable accident. "Kids that age hate to have 'it' running down their legs," Rosemond explains. "So they stop the flow, and you lead them to the seat. The $75 is for cleaning the carpet." Within a few days, he says, the child is trained--and knows who's boss. "This technique is not my idea," says Rosemond. "This is the way grandma trained her children...