Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lumpy's claim to fame is his ability to get hit by the pitcher every time he is up to bat, and he's determinded to block every pitch that comes his way if that's what it takes to get to the majors...
Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost reforms have provided an unusual twist on the old story about girls who leave home seeking fame, but wind up exploited in the big city. Eleven young Soviet women emigrated to Toronto in January, lured by the promise of high-priced modeling jobs. Instead they wound up working as nude table dancers at several strip clubs. The women, billed at one club as "Gorby's Girls," say they were kept as virtual prisoners in a locked apartment during the day. Eventually, a bar patron learned of the group's plight and called police. While the Soviet...
...analogy, and a hard edge capable of offending almost anyone. With publication this spring of his latest book, Parliament of Whores (a Morgan Entrekin Book: Atlantic Monthly Press), a scathing indictment of the U.S. government, O'Rourke may be perched on the verge of a breakthrough to wider fame...
...always cede the upper hand. Tennis players like Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe have an advantage that puts a deadly spin on the ball, and southpaws from Ty Cobb to Sandy Koufax have always been prized in baseball. And how about history's Left-Handed Hall of Fame? Lefty Napoleon! Lefty Picasso! Also such a contemporary personage as that stunning example of dyslexia in motion, Gerald Ford...
...issues go, infant mortality should be a no-brainer for a politician. Find a catchy slogan, throw money at the problem and ride the quick results to fame and higher office. Become the candidate of compassion, courage and common sense, all rolled into...