Word: dears
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Charles dithered his way through a lengthy list of girls, some suitable, some not. But Camilla Parker-Bowles, one that got away early and married another, has remained his very dear friend -- and Diana's nemesis. In Morton's book she is depicted as a schemer, vetting the prince's girls, not for their potential as royals but "to see how much a threat they posed to her own relationship." When the naive Diana said she didn't enjoy hunting, Camilla, a horsewoman, brightened at once. Then there was the discovery of Fred and Gladys -- the pet code names...
...Dear IBM: %$ % %$!!*&!! Perot's relationship with IBM continued to be turbulent long after he left the company. In the late 1960s Aubrey Wilson served for nine stormy months as the EDS account manager for IBM, whose business with Perot was expanding. Wilson, 67, recalls being confronted with a stream of complaints from Perot. "He had his whole organization geared to route even the slightest provocation to his personal attention so that he could file a formal complaint," says Wilson, who retired from...
...Dear President Rudenstine, when you are eatingdinner tonight, don't forget those of us who canonly afford tuna for lunch," wrote another worker...
...first uncertain about attending the conference and then blocking a variety of proposals from major allies, developing countries and even William Reilly, his own Environmental Protection Agency director, that were designed to improve the environment into the 21st century. Bush seemed to be caught between two constituencies he holds dear -- on one side conservatives and business leaders who oppose spending on the environment, and on the other conservationists whose support he courted in 1988 -- and the trip loomed as a potential failure. Bush would neither get credit at home for attending the summit nor win points for quashing...
...Vice President's attack on a fictional TV character is only the most blatant attempt by the White House to highlight issues dear to conservatives. Fearful of mouthing Quayle's controversial line, Bush will instead continue to sound law-and-order themes in the wake of the Los Angeles riots and will appease conservatives by vetoing a measure this week that lifts a four-year ban on federal fetal-tissue research. While such stands may not please a majority of American voters, Bush is not playing to the majority anymore. "The Murphy Brown thing is a big winner...