Word: flirted
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Reality shows can humiliate B-list celebrities on national television, force people to live for weeks in confined spaces with psychotic strangers, and even flirt with child abuse (as some have accused CBS's upcoming Kid Nation of doing). But tamper with the sanctity of Broadway? Now you're asking for trouble. At least, that seemed to be the reaction in some quarters to Grease: You're the One That I Want, the NBC reality show last winter in which home viewers got to select which two of a dozen young acting hopefuls would get to star...
...public, Mrs. Astor celebrated that fact--and after that, she kept on contributing with her personal fortune. She had a sparkling sense of humor. She remembered names. And her intellect was lively: even at 100, she continued to write poems and articles. She loved to dance. She loved to flirt and thought that flirting as an institution necessary to romance had disappeared--a loss that she mourned. Love, she believed, brought out the best in people. It certainly did in Mrs. Astor, who adored New York and her countless friends...
...Astor loved to dance. She loved to flirt and she thought that flirting as an institution necessary to romance had disappeared, a fact that she mourned. She thought love was a many-splendored thing that should never be cheapened. Love, she believed, brought out the best in people. While she was partial to men, many of her loyal friends were women. She had countless friends - of both genders - all over the city, and they all took care of her. As she got older, for example, she was not supposed to drive, but drive she did, in Maine...
...sometimes a flirt is just a flirt. Bloomberg clearly wants to be a player in the 2008 election, but that doesn't necessarily mean he wants to be a candidate...
...swing through California by ditching the Republican Party, the media mogul "did little to quiet the fierce speculation about a possible independent presidential bid," as the Associated Press put it. He temporarily knocked Paris Hilton off the 24-hour news channels - and proved he's a bit of a flirt himself. Needless to say, the punditocracy is in a tizzy, gleefully analyzing how Bloomberg's billions will transform the already wide-open campaign landscape...