Word: itches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more immediate concerns. In the past three months, the chances of the Democrats' retaking the House have gone from plausible to zilch. The President's problems demoralized many Democratic supporters in August and September and revved up Clinton-hating conservatives. That's especially scary because of the "six-year itch": while the sitting President's party has suffered losses in every midterm save one since the Civil War, elections in the sixth year of a presidency are especially crippling. Since 1938, sixth-year elections have produced an average loss of 44 seats for the party controlling the White House. Minority...
...most accounts, John Kennedy is the key to why Glenn still has the itch to fly in space. When Glenn went aloft on Feb. 20, 1962, the U.S. was taking its first toddling steps on its long march to the moon. Although he was 40, Glenn figured he still had a lot of flying ahead of him. When he returned to Earth, he found otherwise. Like any other astronaut, he periodically approached Bob Gilruth, head of the Mercury program, to inquire about his position in the flight rotation; unlike any other astronaut, he was routinely stonewalled. "Headquarters doesn't want...
...Marilyn Monroe stars in The Seven Year Itch...
...indeedy, that was your good friend Dr. K Flashing smiles and working her. little tush to get into the hottest parties in the city. Since Dr. K Knows you itch with curiosity, she'll fill you in. The scene this Spring was triumphant com-pared to the miserable post-fashion party scene this November. But the rebirth was may be a bit too much. Even hard core party girls like Dr. Know couldn't move fast enough-there were simply too many parties! Last weekend, new venues like 2 seven 7, Moomba, Lot 61 , Bondst, Veruka and Odeca...
...supercurtly factual" permeated the magazine. "There Are 00 Trees in Russia," ran the title of a famous 1964 piece in Harper's magazine on TIME's obsessive fact-gathering and -checking systems, implying that the magazine had a sinister itch to make reality conform, through the use of plug-in facts, to the editors' preconceptions. Fair enough on occasion, but a little captious overall, in light of the magazine's scrupulous and expensive attention to accuracy...