Word: idea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week Jack Newfield, in the New York Post, wrote an "imaginary secret diary entry" in which poor Hillary wonders, "Am I running to solve a mid-life crisis? To get even with Bill? ... I'm not sure who I am anymore ... Where did I get so lost?" When the idea of a New York Senate race first surfaced in February, George Stephanopoulos gave Hillary a pat on the head and advised her not to run: "You don't need to prove anything...
...vote" may not apply anymore). People upstate may admire the man who cleaned up Sodom and Gomorrah, but he will not wear well, I'd guess. With his combed-over death's-head countenance, his bullying instincts and his bizarre lack of self-awareness (he seems to entertain an idea he might be President), Giuliani makes a perfect heavy. If he gets rough with Hillary, it will backfire so violently that she will pick up 10% of the vote on sympathy...
...year ago, we were getting lots of sideways glances," says Jon Corshen, V.P. of product marketing for Tradex, based in Tampa, Fla., which built the Metalsite vertical market and NTT's internal marketplace, among others. But eBay's rousing success last Christmas solidified the idea's legitimacy. "Since January," he says, "you can't stop hearing about marketplaces. People are figuring out that if you're just sitting there with a Rolodex, you may be at a disadvantage...
...says he fears that young people are being held against their will. "No one in Georgia has ever dealt with anything like this," he says. "You only draw parallels to Waco, and I don't want a Waco. This is a cult." A Nuwaubian spokesman scoffs at the idea: "There is no one being held on Tama-Re against their will. No one is allowed to move to Tama-Re that is under 18. The children that are here belong to grown adults who have made the choice to be Nuwaubians. Nuwaubians are insulted when they are confronted with accusations...
...flying saucers, horoscopes, the lottery, pyramid power, that John F. Kennedy was killed by the CIA and that you can get AIDS off toilet seats. We've got people convinced that they were Cleopatra in another life, that Elvis lives and that the flat tax is a good idea. We've got self-improvers out the wazoo, just improvin' themselves up a storm. We've got people who live for bingo, people dedicated to ballroom dancing as a way of life, people passionate about Fiestaware and people whose world revolves around Civil War re-enactments...