Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what he criticizes. There are scenes which are nothing more than masturbatory lists of famous names--"Brooke Shields; John Stamos, Stephanie Seymour, Jenny Shimuzu [sic]". And so many brand names make an appearance, from Alaia to Prada to Yohji Yamamoto, you'd think he had a product placement contract. It seems to be Ellis' convenient shorthand for character sketches. When Victor undergoes a transformation to a law student, we know he is different because he now wears a Brooks Brothers suit and drinks Diet Coke. London and Paris become nothing more than a different collection of recognizable proper nouns (Notting...
...over the years she had made a sort of don't-ask-don't-tell marital contract, that still did not fully equip her to handle Lewinsky. That he had continued to carry on right in their home, when she was out of town, after church on Easter, once on their anniversary, with at least the complicity of co-workers, was demeaning to her; his choice of paramour, meanwhile, demeaned him. "It wasn't an adult relationship. It was a man thinking he was 14 years old," says a friend...
Here's what you get if you win the silver medal: an endorsement contract with Caress and a deal for four prime-time skating specials with...
JUNE 2000 Monica signs a reported seven-figure contract to replace the Duchess of York as celebrity spokeswoman for Weight Watchers. At the press conference, she shows off her new size-8 figure, which she attributes to a liquid-protein diet, running from paparazzi and "crying a lot." She expresses the hope that Linda Tripp will "die in a horrible car crash...
...talking about retiring. And not one official will say what he's worth. Not at CBS, the parent. Not at Merrill Lynch, the underwriter. Not Stern himself, whose sidekicks block any call not having to do with body parts. And none will say how long he's under contract, even though that question came up during Infinity's "road show," where big investors get to ask such things...