Word: mccall
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...wants to "find a way to get blood out of car upholstery." But she has a loftier, more furtive dream: to be the Oleg Cassini of the dietally-challenged. "I used to design my own clothes," she muses wistfully, "till I wandered beyond the boundary of the last McCall's pattern size...
When struggling McCall's magazine made a pact with ROSIE O'DONNELL to become Rosie, it was as if Enron got the right to change its name to John Wayne Energy: a really sweet rebranding opportunity. But Rosie's publishers are fighting with the ex-talk show host, who gets a big payout if the magazine is a success, over how much say she should have in matters of content. Angry notes and behind-the-scenes sniping from both sides have turned up in the press, as have some unusual story proposals attributed to O'Donnell. Among the contested ideas...
DIED. MARJORIE HOLMES, 91, inspirational author known as the "patron saint of housewives"; in Manassas, Va. Holmes' 32 books and articles for McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal and others struck a chord with readers by making biblical characters accessible and relating religion to real life. Of the popularity of her trilogy on Christ's birth and life, begun with 1972's best-selling Two from Galilee, Holmes said, "I made the Holy Family as real as the folks next door...
...headed an international subsidiary until leaving the firm in August, had no influence on Enron trading. Savage did not return calls for comment. Since joining Enron's heavily Republican board in 1999, he has donated $100,000 to Democrats and is raising money for New York gubernatorial candidate Carl McCall. Which proves, if nothing else, that Enron was a bipartisan debacle...
...Crimson added the final points of the half when senior defensive end Marc Laborsky intercepted a McCall pass. Junior placekicker Anders Blewett, who hit the game-winning 30-yard field goal against Dartmouth last week, connected on a 36-yarder...