Word: hosted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some hard feelings about him in Colorado. Tim Gill, the wealthy and openly gay co-founder and chairman of Quark Inc., a desktop-publishing firm, has been pumping money into social causes in Colorado Springs. Among the recipients of a $500 bequest is P.M. Wynn, a local talk-radio host who runs a community gospel fair. Wynn quickly came under intense questioning from Dobson's operatives. They made it clear they were upset that she took money from Gill and withdrew their support. "They did it to punish us," she says...
...people will be paying attention this week when he acts as host of the U.N. General Assembly's Special Session on the World Drug Problem. President Clinton and other world leaders will gather in New York City to sign on to Arlacchi's ambitious, two-pronged program to cut off drug production at its source while reducing demand for narcotics in developed countries. His next step will be to persuade these leaders to cough up the $5 billion that he says it will cost...
...friends about the size of his penis. Pinsky handles this painful subject with a quick, matter-of-fact suggestion: Take a closer, more informed look at your abusive girlfriend. After a crass joke from Pinsky's partner, comedian Adam Carolla--there to provide levity--Loveline's newest co-host, Diane Farr, affirms that size, despite what the ads for Godzilla say, is not all it's cracked up to be. Pinsky's message, both educational and reassuring, is one that permeates his show: Respect yourself...
...full-fledged convert, Pinsky signed on as "Dr. Drew" to what quickly became Loveline, the hit Los Angeles-based radio show he still plays host on (and which MTV's version is based on). His growing medical practice confirmed his suspicions about kids: "Behind closed doors, they wouldn't talk at all. In my white coat, I was an authority figure. I was Dad, their worst nightmare." In a medium in which kids were comfortable, he could "demystify" difficult issues surrounding sexuality and "maybe make adolescence less painful...
...Thankfully, no-one was. But the drunken English hooligan -- the kind of soccer parasite last seen on the streets of Turin in 1990 -- has reared his ugly head again. A pall has been cast over today's game, not to mention England's bid to host the World...