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...frisson of enigma and anticipation down every woman's spine, yet maintain his job as director of the design department of an important publishing house. Erna, Jane Louise's boss, spawns a brood of children and grandchildren, wears sensible tweeds, bakes cakes, attends P.T.A. meetings, and harbours a secret crush on Sven. The idealist secretary soullessly dates her high school sweetheart, and plans a lacey wedding. The country friends lead picture-perfect robust outdoor lives...
...just veg out. Don't get me wrong. I like the little programmable hostess who greets me every night on my flat-panel screen. In fact, since I upgraded to the new version, the one in the high-res body stocking, I've developed a bit of a crush on her. I love the way she spices up the stuff that's good for me with the trashier stuff I like to watch. The other night when I told her I wanted to check out this new service the fellows at work were raving about, she said, "I know...
Redstone, a rags-to-riches tycoon who is worth about $4 billion, has always sought to crush all comers -- from rivals who might try to bust up his latest deal to weekend tennis partners. On the court he uses a special leather strap that wraps around his scarred right hand to enable him to grip the racquet. "He is the most formidable competitor I've ever had," says Alan Friedberg, a retired chairman of Loews Theater Management Corp. In one tennis rally, Redstone demanded to know whether his ball was in or out. "He had to know, even though...
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been a garrison state, devoting its energies and capital, and aid from foreign governments and Diaspora Jews, to building and maintaining a military establishment that would crush its Arab enemies. The expense has deprived Israel of funds needed for the enjoyment of an even better life and more vibrant economy...
...This could just put a greater crush on the housing stock than we now have, if people have to become a resident of the city within a year," Gerard Bergman said...