Word: cheeks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scientist stands over me with a laser pointed at my face. His fiendish helper claps goggles onto my eyes. I tense. A searing sensation rips into my face. As the laser traces tiny spider veins across my cheek, zapping them into oblivion, I hear a faint pop, pop, pop. It begins to sting. Yeow, I swear silently. Is that burning flesh I smell? Hey, Doc? Owww. Yeowww! DOC! Dr. Harold Lancer, my Beverly Hills dermatologist, is laughing. He had warned me to take some Valium before the procedure (or risk scaring off his celebrity clients, no doubt...
...already been booked. The guest? Former President George Bush. He was in Philly giving a speech and asked for the $1,400-a-night Presidential Suite at the Rittenhouse Hotel. Who could say no? Not David Benton, the tony hostelry's general manager, who has been taking "tongue-in-cheek flak" from his competitors ever since. But the rule that no rooms can be booked still stands, says Rendell, unless "the person asking to book the room is a former President whose son is the leading contender...
Dudley has already received one job offer--although he said it was just tongue in cheek...
...that the stark interface on this graphics program would mean it was for advanced users only. But when I discovered the pre-made templates for each project type, such as banners, flyers, newsletter and Web pages, I knew I was in luck. I started by making a tongue-in-cheek newsletter about my weekend, and found I could do everything from selecting photos or clip art (out of the database of 150,000 images) to experimenting with fancy text styles, without even peeking at the manual. Even better, once I finished my newsletter, I found I could apply the same...
...contests for the next two years and a handy reference for lowering expectations. He remained extremely disciplined in interviews, telling the stories about how he didn't want to grow up to be President, he wanted to be Willie Mays, keeping his famous temper in check, turning the other cheek...