Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shemmer dials the boss on speakerphone. "Dino, babe," says the senior staffer caustically. Without a beat, Shemmer explains the error and tells him it's been corrected. "I apologize for the oversight," he says. (The lesson seems to be, never mention a problem to your boss without fixing it first.) The edgy reply: "Good. Don't do it again...
...First Lady's brief address to the crowd of about 100 invited guests did not touch on political issues. She fielded no questions from members of the news media, focusing instead on her appreciation for noted author, playwright and screenwriter David Mamet's new children's book, Henrietta...
Friedman has entertained the Clintons at his Martha's Vineyard home, where the First Couple first met Friedman's pet pig, Henrietta. The pig provided the inspiration for Mamet's children's story as well as for the hotel restaurant--Henrietta's Table--where the book signing took place...
Mamet's book is the story of an enterprising pig who overcomes discrimination--with the help of a vagabond philosopher--to become the first of her species to attend Harvard Law School and sit on the United States Supreme Court...
Most of the assembled crowd seemed to enjoy the First Lady's appearance, including Marcelo Santos, a fourth grader at the Harrington School in Cambridge, who called Clinton "very great...