Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quiet. While cutting the 397-page tome down to cover-story length, Seaman had to take special care not to arouse the curiosity of fellow reporters, especially about the manuscript's stunning disclosure of Nancy Reagan's obsession with astrology. "All it would take would be one small hint, one drop of evidentiary blood in the water, and the sharks would go on a feeding frenzy," he says. "For a week or so, I felt almost like an Administration insider trying to keep a scoop away from my colleagues." Seaman's work benefited from the experience gained in half...
Fiscus did give one hint: "I'll refuse to debate him," he said...
...strolled through the southern Peruvian town of Ayacucho. At first they claimed they were conducting a passport check. Then, according to McNamara, the police searched her hotel room and confiscated "suspicious" articles -- medicine, vitamins, a ball of string and tourist maps. In the local jail, McNamara got a hint of the problems to come. "No one told me what was going on," she said. "But the word terrorismo drifted down the staircase...
...reaffirm a host of romantic illusions about lawyers. Except for one cartoon villain (the mercenary Brackman, played by Alan Rachins) and to some extent the slick divorce lawyer played by Corbin Bernsen, virtually all the main characters on L.A. Law are upright, principled, sensitive and dedicated. There are few hints that ethical compromises, or even a healthy professional detachment, might be part of the terrain. When Abby Perkins (Michele Greene), one of the firm's young associates, tried last fall to get a pair of feuding former business partners to settle their contract dispute out of court, there...
...Stumper. Bob Stanley of the Red Sox lost 15 games last year but he was not the biggest loser in Boston's history. Can you name the Red Stocking who lost 25 games in 1928? Hint: He is one of the 25 winningest pitchers in major league history. Twenty points...