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Tevas were invented in 1982 by Colorado River guide who, tired of flip-flops falling off into the water and shoes full of rocks, designed the rubber sandals. The sandals are named after the Hebrew word for nature...
...fact, viewers over 50 have only two places left where they are really welcome: on CBS, which still has a healthy roster of older shows (Murder, She Wrote; Knots Landing) along with newcomers like Bob, the umpteenth Bob Newhart comedy; and on Saturday night, where stay-at-homes can flip between all three networks and find such anachronistic offerings as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Jane Seymour as a doctor on the American frontier), Covington Cross (a medieval knight and his family) and Crossroads (Robert Urich traveling the country in a reprise of Route...
Wofford's strong commitment to his ideals are refreshing in an age of flip-flops, empty promises and fence sitting. But Wofford claims that he chafes under the "idealist" label...
...President's remarks fit into a calculated strategy to suggest that L.A.'s rioters, who were mostly black and Hispanic, have in common with feminists and other Democrats a shoddier moral standard than nice people (who therefore should vote Republican). But Quayle denied any such intention, and the subsequent flip-flopping by the White House looked anything but calculated. Press secretary Marlin Fitzwater at first criticized Murphy Brown for "the glorification of life as an unwed mother," then later told reporters that the TV character was "demonstrating pro-life values which we think are good." That in turn brought...
Part of the novel's fun is the flip, slightly unreal dialogue the characters toss back and forth. Corrine, who has a crush on Jeff, asks why he won't talk seriously about his feelings. He answers, "Basically, I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them, and women sleep with men so they can talk with them." A nonwriting author of great reputation is described as "Henry James with bowel movements." Social gradations are precisely noted, and the , level of smart-alecky prose is satisfactorily high, although there are lapses. McInerney uses amuletic and quotidian...