Word: ets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CHAP-ET: lip conditioner...
...Chap-et brand lip conditioner makes for a miserable accessory to style--the package screams "Christies, 99." But the low-budg aesthetic belies the power and functionality contained within this capsule of conditioning. Chap-et combines the proven wax technology of Chap Stick with a contemporary, fruity fragrance. The result: a subtle, soothing stick. While many balm-snobs may pooh-pooh an "old-fashioned" waxen stick, they fail to realize the attributes which have made the small tubes so popular. With chap-et, no more sticky fingers or goopy bowls of sludge. No astronomical cosmetics bills. No stress of using...
...corks. Party leaders are united in defense of this man--their guiding principles of moral and legal relativity have been elevated to an art form (one standard for liberal Presidents, another for everyone else). The politics of personal destruction that they invented (with attacks on Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, et al.) has, on Clinton's behalf, been perfected by pornographers and private eyes...
RAMBOUILLET, FRANCE: It turns out NATO's line in the Balkan snow was more a suggestion, which means that, seven hours after Saturday's noon (6 a.m. ET) deadline had come and gone, negotiators were still talking, and about the only thing they could agree on was to keep at it until at least 3 p.m. local time Tuesday. So how close are we? It's still anybody's guess. This much is apparent: Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic remains the difference between a NATO occupation and a NATO war. "Most Serbs would accept NATO troops rather than face its bombs...
...generalizing about my generation. Which is what I've always been doing, and I mean just making these leaps into the air. Saying, "Yuppies are serial killers." Well, "Models are terrorists." And making these metaphors. "Young kids in L.A. are vampires." Et cetera, et cetera. And me just being playful with these metaphors, taking them to the next logical conclusion. But it doesn't necessarily reflect what I like on a daily basis. My life is really boring, really boring. But I know you must not think...