Word: madonna
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strictures that are actually obeyed (the classic example: Do not worship a golden calf), this one never impinged on my life-style. It's not as if I toil for a New York City tabloid and have to beg some hard-boiled city editor, "Please, I'll do anything -- Madonna, Heidi Fleiss, even Shannen Doherty. Anything but the Trump beat...
...There was resentment, trauma, about being forced to learn all subjects in English years ago," says Ricardo Alegria, executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies in San Juan. Those memories, he speculates, cause many to resist learning English even today. Insular identity remains sacrosanct. Last week, after Madonna caressed herself with the Puerto Rican flag during a San Juan concert, politicians of all stripes raised angry criticism. Local clerics even pressed a campaign of hanging black ribbons on trees in protest...
...hound; to readers of gossip columns, the most entertaining book editor in New York City. Three years ago she spent five hours in jail after an argument with a police officer who, she says, taunted her cab driver (the charges were dropped). Last year she picked a fight with Madonna over the singer's book of erotic photos (Regan claims it was her idea). Now she is involved in a nasty divorce from her husband of five years...
...Like most people, Bill Clinton is uncomfortable with what he doesn't know and avoids dealing with it. Fortunately for him, the nation he leads usually cares more about Madonna than Mogadishu; its turn inward following the cold war's end coincides neatly with the President's passion for domestic affairs. In even the most arcane of those areas, Clinton's expertise is astonishing, and he long ago articulated his formula for success: "You do your homework, you chart clear goals, you make sure all the parts mesh, and then, even though you have to bend some to get stuff...
...love the jacket photo! So chic! You're going to be the most desired author since Madonna. And don't listen to those stodgy old bastards who try and criticize your liberal use of facts--facts do not sell, sensationalism does. Don't forget me once you hit the big time...