Word: chipping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proving that Asian Americans are "breaking the mold" turns out to be an all too familiar picture of resigned people going about their distinctly 'Asian' ways, unthinking and helplessly rationalizing their pre-med choices. No wonder I never joined the Asian American Association. They have too much of a chip on their collective shoulder...
Former Vice President Dan Quayle got flak for demeaning the office by popping up in a "Wavy Lays" chip commercial during last year's Super Bowl, but liberal stalwarts Mario Cuomo and Ann Richards have nothing left to lose. The Democratic ex-governors of New York and Texas will appear in a 30-second ad during this Sunday's big game, swapping some tongue-in-cheek advice: "I should have seen it coming," says Richards. Replies Cuomo: "Maybe so, but now I think we ought to accept this change, embrace it, be positive about it, because change can be very...
...poor, is to risk being momentarily reviled. So far, Hillary Clinton's responses to the inevitable flak have been painful to witness. She dishonors her whole sex when she apologizes, runs back to the image molders or threatens to "soften" herself to the consistency of a milk-dipped chocolate-chip cookie. Personally, and speaking from the shelter of relative anonymity, I would be honored to have Newt Gingrich, even by proxy, call me a bitch...
Already the spontaneous formation of a single-issue interest group has been seen on the Net. In 1993 the Federal Government announced plans to promote the Clipper chip, which would have ensured the government's ability to decipher / messages sent over phone lines by modem. The circulation of an anti-Clipper petition turned into a kind of impromptu online civil-liberties demonstration, boosting the number of signatures from...
...Jones industrial average rose again today, climbing 23.88 points to close at 3,932.34. The index surged by nearly 50 points last Friday. Today's finish is the best for the blue-chip measure since October 19, when it closed at 3,936.04. The New York Stock Exchange composite index climbed 1.86 to 255.81. The Nasdaq Stock Market composite rose 6.00 to close at 768.16. The American Stock Exchange market value index rose 1.40 to 437.53.MONEY ONLINE will return tomorrow...