Word: mats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...receiving a warm welcome. Although President Clinton is officially avoiding Castro, the 69-year-old Cuban president and former rebel was not hurting for invitations during the U.N. celebration. "Gorbymania, it seems, has given way to Fidelmania," reports Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth. Among those putting out the welcome mat for the Cuban leader: The Council on Foreign Relations, TIME Magazine, U.S. News & World Report publisher Mortimer Zuckerman and a New Jersey woman who invited him to a family cookout. The invitations will have to be local, though. By the conditions of his visa, Castro may not travel more than...
...catalogs have a garden for every taste and timetable. White Swan markets the Moonlight Garden, a can of seeds for flowers, mainly white, that "reflect the moon and stars," for people whose long hours mean they only get to see their gardens at night. Eighteen dollars buys a straw mat from Smith & Hawken impregnated with 8,000 wildflower seeds, which the impatient gardener can roll onto an awaiting bed of dirt. Just add water...
...prime-time news conference of his presidency in an attempt to retake the initiative in a political scene that has increasingly been dominated by Newt Gingrich and the Contract with America. When asked about the troubled nomination of Dr. Henry Foster, the President said he would "go to the mat" for his nominee for Surgeon General. Clinton downplayed the fact that his press conference was only picked up by one major network, saying "I am relevant. The Constitution gives me relevance. A president, especially an activist president has relevance." Clinton sought to paint himself as a moderating influence...
...shook off an illness, which included a 101-degree temperature Thursday night, to give his man a battle in the 126-pound spot. DeNunzio lead his match by four with 22 seconds remaining before "hitting a wall" and losing by two, according to freshman Adam Griesemer. DeNunzio left the mat visibly weakened and coughing violently...
...TIME WHEN BROADWAY CAN'T lure even Neil Simon back for a return engagement (America's most popular playwright will have his next work produced off-Broadway), it may seem odd to find it putting out the welcome mat for Moliere. Yet the adventurous Roundabout Theatre Company has resurrected two one-act plays by the 17th century French master, dubbed them The Moliere Comedies and fashioned a sprightly, entertaining evening. These are slight, early works by the author of Tartuffe and The Misanthrope, but in a fallow Broadway season, Moliere Lite is better than nothing...