Word: chickening
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...Gapification of America has been sneaking up on us for more than a decade, and now, with the omnipresence of wellmade, monchromal cotton sweaters, of grilled chicken sandwiches with honey mustard sauce, of blond wood and black halogen floor lamps, it has finally triumphed. It is a victory for democracy: these products are relatively cheap, handsome and well made. No one has ever looked ugly in a Gap shirt...
Ever since he retired after the gulf war, this popular general has sparked standing ovations across the U.S. with rousing speeches about can-do American fighting spirit -- 90 chats so far at $20,000 a pop. No, not Stormin' Norman. The military hero of the rubber-chicken circuit is TOM KELLY, the avuncular Army commander who conducted daily Pentagon briefings during the war. Kelly, who has signed for 60 more speeches, stands to earn some $3 million this year, far more than he made during his 34-year military career and millions of dollars more than Schwarzkopf has made...
...crude emotionalism and obsessive anti- Semitic rantings, heaved a sigh of relief. His special enemy is ex- Solidarity activist Adam Michnik, editor in chief of Warsaw's Gazeta Wyborcza, whose paper noted two months ago how quickly Tyminski had supported the Soviet coup. The next day Tyminski sent a chicken carcass to the paper, characterizing it as carrion for carrion. Tyminski's political role is marginal in any case. The Poles' real concern is their economy, which has failed to rebound since the fall of communism...
Until lately, the NBC peacock seemed more like a hawk let loose in a chicken coop. Such humongous hits as Cheers and L.A. Law made the network No. 1 in the ratings for the past six years. But in the new fall season, NBC suddenly trails behind a resurgent CBS and in some weeks ABC as well. On Sunday nights, NBC is even struggling to stay out of fourth place, behind the spunky Fox network. Reason: basement-level performance by four new shows, including two headed by big-name stars -- Robert Guillaume in Pacific Station and James Garner...
...Grilled chicken...