Word: kiki
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Brown inherited a no-talent team. U.C.L.A. was still attracting top prospects: three Bruins were first-round picks in last season's pro draft. But Brown's task was hampered by the fact that his seniors had played for such a variety of coaches. Says Forward Kiki Vandeweghe, son of former New York Knicks Star Ernie Vandeweghe: "I like to look at the positive side of the changes. I played under three coaches with three different philosophies, and if I'd had only one, I would have got only one philosophy...
Rubbing elbows with the very rich also seems essential. They are different, especially in this book. They are called things like Topsy and Bootsie and Kiki. Folks around the office just have faces, but Vanessa "wore her long nose as if it were the mark of royal birth." Time must be spent learning to understand their odd way of bantering: "Daisy Valensky, you have the makings of a first-class bitch somewhere inside that glorious exterior." The untrained ear probably misses all kinds of nuances there. What to make of Daisy's typical dialogue: "Pants? What about your good...