Word: comedownance
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...made his name as a borderline school dropout. Now he's going to be President. John Travolta, the only actor from Welcome Back, Kotter still getting good gigs, will play the role of the ambitious Southern Governor in the movie Primary Colors. Some may consider it a comedown from his latest role: that of an angel...
...important affiliates in eight cities and will have to scramble to find new stations to replace them. The options aren't very appealing. In each market, CBS could simply team up with the newly discarded Fox station. But that would mean being relegated to a UHF channel, a humiliating comedown for the No. 1-rated network. Or CBS could try to wrest away a current ABC or NBC affiliate. But that would probably trigger a bidding war that could wind up costing the network plenty...
Therapists may instruct patients or improvedwork environments or utilize ice and heattreatments to reduce the pain. Roach was referredto Brigham and Women's Hospital, which runs aspecial therapy program for musicians who comedown with the disorders. Davis, who wears a bracefor his thumb began physical therapy andultrasound treatment yesterday...
...decision climaxed a 29-day ordeal that secured Baird's place in the history books as the Clinton Administration's first major setback. As hard a comedown as it was for the talented Connecticut lawyer who stood to become America's first female Attorney General, it was a greater embarrassment for Clinton. The episode showed Clinton and his aides acting hastily, naively and cavalierly in brushing aside Baird's early warning that she had employed two undocumented Peruvians in her home. When the pieces of the shattered nomination are fitted together, Baird's civil infraction appears less careless than...
...much more of a comedown when What Hits!?, the title of the new collection, contains only "Under the Bridge," the Chili's smash hit of the summer, from the last album. Where's "If You Have to Ask," "Funky Monks," or "Mellowship Slinky in B major," to name just a few? Or, as the Chili Peppers are trying to ride off the success of "Under the Bridge," why did they not include the other slow balladesque song from Blood, "I Could Have Lied...