Word: host
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week now, it seems, the country has the Bickersons over for dinner. They're not good guests, they fight too much, pick at each other's weak spots, and talk as if they're being recorded. But it's a command appearance, and apparently endlessly entertaining to their mysterious host, Kenneth Starr. Everyone shows up: Monica with her real mom Marcia and her surrogate mom Linda. There's kindly Betty Currie and powerful Vernon Jordan. There are the meanies who want a Monica-Free Zone in the White House and the Secret Service source who hinted that Monica...
...scheduled for launch later this month, will be the forerunner of a new generation of spacecraft. While flight planners hope the ship will make some interesting observations about the target asteroid, including its composition and the structure of its surface, DS1's prime assignment is to validate a host of new technologies NASA had always considered too risky to try on a high-profile mission. Says Marc Rayman of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, DS1's chief engineer: "We have an unproven propulsion system, powered by an unproven solar array, commanded by an unproven navigation system...
...This week we take a similar high-impact approach to the vital subject of healing, in a 36-page special report on a week in the life of one of the nation's premier teaching hospitals. That institution, Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, agreed to play host to 14 of our journalists, who examined everything from the effects of managed care and advances in medical research to the role of religion in patients' recovery...
...himself in the banner of artistic freedom, as any savvy television executive would do if one of his shows came under fire. "If I was a creative person in Hollywood, I would be packing up my bags and heading for Nevada," Valentine declared. "In a city that has a host of social problems, including crime and poverty, potholes and a broken-down transit system, one would think the vast power of the city council could be put to better use than analyzing UPN's Monday-night schedule." Still, in an attempt to defuse the flap, the network yanked the pilot...
...Bureau does host a workshop for students struggling to deal with stress at the College. However, the program is not for everyone. As Ducey says, in a few cases a good massage might be just what the doctor ordered...