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...Reported by Stacy Perman/New York and Janet I-Chin Tu/Seattle
...hassled-looking man with papers overflowing from his briefcase came tumbling down the airplane aisle, completely oblivious to my carefully-planned tactics. He spotted the unoccupied seats next to me and began to move in for the kill. In desperation, I considered mumbling to myself and drooling on my chin, but my good sense got the better of me and I mover over, glowering at him all the while. I took out my free magazine (one of the perks of flying the shuttle) and tried to look absorbed--again, to no avail. In total disregard for my obvious shows...
...would quit the Senate, Gore was standing outside the Oval Office with chief of staff Leon Panetta, who said he thought Dole's move didn't make sense. "That's like President Clinton resigning to run for President," Panetta said. And the deadpan Gore just pulled on his chin and said, "Hmmmm...
...Broadway light-comedy star when, in 1915, he was signed by the Triangle film company. Its most noted director, D.W. Griffith, was not impressed: "He's got a face like a cantaloupe, and he can't act." Both slurs were accurate. Doug's full-moon face and double chin made him a long shot for movie swoondom; and in closeup his stage-bred gestures looked like cheerleader antics. All he had was it--the gorgeous muscularity and infectious brio that made folks want to pay to see more. His exuberance turned out to be the key to a genre Doug...
...Cyclists who sport HELMETS can still take it on the chin. A study of bicycle-accident victims brought to emergency rooms showed that helmets decreased by 65% the risk of injury from the forehead down to the nose but did nothing to prevent injury to the rest of the face...