Word: idolizers
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...Shakespeare's characters and the bloody consequences of their immature passions. Tom Chick and Shelia McDonald earned our empathy with their appealing performances as Romeo and Juliet. McDonald's Juliet was particularly impressive--her balcony scene reminded the audience of an infatuated teenager pining away for her musical idol in Bye Bye Birdie...
...Bush's words did not calm the jitters most Americans have had since Quayle, looking like a groupie greeting a rock idol, manically accepted Bush's invitation to become his running mate in a bizarre riverside ceremony in New Orleans. The string of verbal gaffes that followed only deepened the impression that Quayle will never be ready for the presidency...
...growth should be allowed," Sununu said in a January 1990 interview with the Union Leader. He added that "from what I know," Loon Mountain's proposed expansion "falls into that category." It is mildly ironic that one of the founders of the Loon Mountain resort is Sununu's political idol, Sherman Adams, Dwight Eisenhower's former special assistant, who was forced to resign that position in 1958 because he accepted a vicuna coat and other gifts from a Boston industrialist...
...empty-pocketed, defunct charity would find the money to make the accounts right. Also unclear was how much the episode had shaken George Bush's faith in his top aide. At best, Sununu has embarrassed himself and his boss. At worst, he might even share the fate of his idol Sherman Adams, the New Hampshire Governor who was forced out as Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff in 1958 after accepting a $500 vicuna coat from Bernard Goldfine, a Boston textile magnate...
...former British Prime Minister apparently intends to apply that philosophy to the writing of her memoirs. Thatcher is talking about dividing her life story into three or four volumes, more than potential U.S. publishers hope to see -- or sell. Perhaps the Iron Lady wishes to continue emulating her idol Winston Churchill, who wrote more than two dozen books during his lifetime...