Word: canings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Colmer, a Democrat, in 1972 announced his retirement from the House, Lott declared his candidacy--as a Republican--and eventually won his mentor's endorsement. Lott proved an energetic and persuasive campaigner. As he later explained to his son, "If a little old lady with a cane and a mustache asks you to kiss her, you better do it and enjoy it, or she's gonna know it." Lott lost 15 lbs. that he didn't have to lose. He sometimes lost his voice. But he won the election...
...Graham joked that her working title was A Better Life, to distinguish it from Bradlee's A Good Life). As Graham soldiered through a media blitz that would tax someone half her age with two original hips (she had one of hers replaced recently and was still using a cane at her New York City book party last Thursday), her oldest son, Washington Post publisher Donald Graham, fretted that "she would soon be booking herself onto the Home Shopping Network...
...company has maintained its traditionally modest prices. A small bag of candy hearts sold for 88 cents in the Square yesterday, and a quirky, plastic candy cane of hearts could be snagged for ten cents more...
...phrase Christmas movies summons candy-cane memories of Jimmy Stewart chatting with an angel, Natalie Wood on Santa's knee, Macaulay Culkin giving Joe Pesci a splitting headache. It also suggests another fantasy: the family setting off for the local movieplex and seeing a film together instead of having to go to two different features, one for Mom and Dad, the other for the kids. Surely, somewhere under the holiday sky, there must be a film the whole family can stand. Mustn't there? Surely...
...ironies, geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth, yet home to an eclectic mix of cultures. Its isolation has produced 10,000 plant and animal species unique to the islands, and 60% of the babies born here are of mixed racial heritage. Though pineapples and sugar cane once drove Hawaii, the state now relies on tourism and its strategic military position to fuel its economy. The aloha spirit also spawned recent controversy when a lawsuit, now in the Hawaii courts, threatened to force state recognition of gay marriages. This spurred Congress to hastily pass the Defense of Marriage...