Word: caning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...common image of a U.S. Secretary of State is that of Dean Acheson, Cyrus Vance, James Baker -- a suave Wasp lawyer, slender and urbane, who probably rowed at Yale or Princeton. But Lawrence Eagleburger, the new Acting Secretary, looks like the Michelin man with a cane. He once had an exercise bike fitted with a special rack so he could read diplomatic cables; it stood unused so long it was finally removed, and now he's ballooned to more than 250 lbs. He's had a knee-replacement operation, takes steroids for a muscle disorder, and has been spotted with...
Scheduled to nominate the Democratic presidential candidate is Jimmy Carter, the last Democrat to be president. Carter makes his way to the podium with the aid of a cane. He walks with a stoop, like...
Theodore T. Moynahan says he was taken into custody by Harvard Police at Au Bon Pain, handcuffed unnecessarily and detained in a Cambridge jail for an hour and a half. The June 22 incident left him with back pains that necessitate using a cane, Moynahan says...
Following the presentation of the Daytime Emmys' Best Actress Award, Susan Lucci bawled -- not because she lost for the 13th straight time but because she got a standing ovation for her 22-year portrayal of nasty Erica Cane in All My Children. Lucci graciously thanked the audience, something Erica would never...
...slip through the narrowest crevice. The Penguin's parasol becomes an Umbrella-Copter, spiriting him out of the trouble he loves to make. At the end he sends his commando squadron of penguins to destroy the city: tuxedoed birds wearing embossed shields, tiny helmets and missiles with candy-cane stripes ( it is Christmas) on their backs. Some of the penguins were real, some were robot puppets, some were little people in costume and others were computer generated...