Word: companion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Castronovo interviewed several observers of modern manners, including New Yorker Cartoonist William Hamilton and Social Critic Fran Lebowitz. She found them grappling with entirely new areas, such as smoking, computer and answering-machine etiquette. Says Castronovo: "It can be argued that the new manners include both lighting your companion's cigarette and snuffing it out in a rage...
...belatedly became aware of their liaison a week afterward, put them under full surveillance and bugged her phone. Agents spotted Miller handing his companion a legal-size envelope in a parked car in a darkened lot. Days later they observed him transferring a briefcase from the trunk of her car to his. Wiretaps revealed that Miller had agreed to fly to Vienna with Svetlana on Oct. 9 to meet with a high-level KGB official and that he had already secured his passport, she their tickets. On Sept. 28, Miller was called into the Los Angeles field office, then given...
...years has essayed taxing TV roles (Murder in Texas, this week's The Burning Bed) to overcome the memory of her most famous part as one of the original Charlie's Angels; and Ryan O'Neal, 43, brawny, boisterous actor (Love Story, Paper Moon), her steady companion for the past four years; their first child; in February...
Vinnie once had a husband but has adjusted to living alone. A frequent companion is an imaginary mutt that she conjures up in glum moments. This shaggy symbol of self-pity recently appeared after a critic dismissed her work with the question, "Do we really need a scholarly study of playground doggerel?" The author of the offending article, L.D. Zimmern, turns out to be the father of Fred's estranged wife. The coincidence seems to have been extended as an ironic gratuity signaling solemn readers that Foreign Affairs is, despite pathos, sudden death and madness, an adroitly bundled comedy...
...Lampoon staffers are writing a disk parodying other popular software programs and games as well as a companion book of directions and traditional Lampoon humor...