Word: gal
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DIED. ROSE MONROE, 77, the can-do poster gal of World War II who inspired America's female foot soldiers to join the work force; in Clarksville, Ind. A factory employee in the 1940s, Monroe literally embodied the character Rosie the Riveter, made famous by the song of the same name and the familiar J. Howard Miller poster. In a subsequent film for war bonds, she symbolized the era's patriotic working women...
Phone records will show that McVeigh, Nichols and Fortier made hundreds of calls around the country to various establishments that sold fertilizer, chemicals, explosives, remote-control switches, racing fuel and 55-gal. plastic drums. Many of these calls were charged to a prepaid phone card issued in the name of Daryl Bridges by the Spotlight, a far-right publication. The FBI maintains this card was actually used by McVeigh and Nichols. McVeigh allegedly used the card to call Nichols to pick him up in Oklahoma City. Agents have documented McVeigh's and Nichols' travels, and many of the calls charged...
...Baumann. New to her menu of ritzy glass-beaded purses, clutched by such celebrities as Liz Taylor, Melanie Griffith and Barbara Walters, is what she calls "the great American meal," a hamburger, fries and a bottle of Coca-Cola. It's hardly a take-out order for the common gal, however. This little set of McTrinkets costs about $6,000, which comes to more than 1,000 "great American meals...
PAPA'S BRAND-NEW GAL...
...eyebrows are raised, then, when a single gal named Linda (Natalie Canerday) takes Karl in as company for said Frank (Lucas Black), her son. If this were a Hollywood movie, Karl would be hit by a beam of light, Babyface would croon a Tender Ballad, and Karl's newfound ability to learn Sanskrit in an hour would have Linda begging for more...