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...deputy chief of staff, that Brown's body had finally been identified. Famous for his steeliness, Ickes opened the 8:30 a.m. White House staff meeting with the grim news, then issued a call for business as usual. But within minutes he had turned the meeting into an impromptu wake, with staff members swapping fond anecdotes and roguish tales, all of them rich in laughter and full of deep pride in Brown. Even Ickes told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JOYFUL POWER BROKER | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...from condemning any sort of behavior, Prift says he has even served as a sort of impromptu therapist, as passengers wax eloquently upon their problems in the 15- to 20-minute span of a typical cab ride...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cab Drivers Tell All: From Drunken Students to Rich, Famous Passengers | 3/15/1996 | See Source »

...singer BONO spent New Year's Eve in Sarajevo. The self-proclaimed "first tourist" to the city danced one night away with Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey, then joined locals for an impromptu show the next. "I can't understand why more of our colleagues have not come," said Bono. Maybe the war had something to do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 15, 1996 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...only needed three candles because I'm going home tomorrow," she said of her impromptu menorah...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Neglected Menorah Causes Blaze | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

Rouse picks out an unsuspecting pupil for an impromptu job interview, demanding, "Ernie, tell me about yourself." Thrust into the spotlight, Ernie Washington describes his four decades in retail and delivers a winning paean to experience, "Being that I'm an older person," he says, "I know the company comes first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCSENIORS | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

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