Word: dears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it is about time for us to lay off dear Nancy? After all, she is new to the job it took her ten or twelve years to gain...
...confused and lonely hearted, to Idaho Woe and Been Around and Mr. Also, they are wise and steady friends. To 130 million readers from Tokyo to Tucson, they are the witty and no-nonsense "Dear Abby" and "Ann Landers." In real life, they are twin sisters, Esther Pauline ("Eppie") Lederer (alias Ann Landers) and Pauline Esther ("Popo") Phillips (Abigail Van Buren), together the most widely syndicated columnists in the world, with upwards of 1,000 newspapers apiece. Says Loyola (Chicago) University Psychologist Eugene Kennedy: "Their columns are the national mailbag. The advice they give is fundamental common sense...
...frustration. Sometimes the mail flow becomes an avalanche: a record 227,000 readers responded when Abby asked in her column last summer whether women over 50 enjoy sex (half were enthusiastic). Over the years the sisters' mail has provided grist for pamphlets and books, including the bestselling Dear Abby and the Ann Landers Encyclopedia...
...pair agree on almost everything, which often leads to the confused comment: "I read it in 'Ann Landers'-or was it 'Dear Abby'?" Some connoisseurs think they can detect a difference. When the Modesto Bee (circ. 65,490) asked its readers last October to vote on which column to run, Landers won by a landslide, 837 to 97. But most readers-and editors -agree with Austin American-Statesman (circ. 128,093) Managing Editor Jeff Bruce, whose paper, like many others, carries both columns. Says he: "I suspect most readers cannot tell one from the other...
...Dear Abby: What is the cure for a man who has been married for 33 years and still can't stay away from other women? His Wife