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When Gerard was convicted of substituting a champion horse for a nag in a 1977 race, Runkle was untainted, and picked up some of his erstwhile clients. She worked long hours and built a respectable practice, caring for the horses of prominent trainers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Days Of Dr. Runkle | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...pipe, slippers and mother-in-law. Garrison's Hildy instead sees endless tomorrows. The girl he loves enough to leave the Examiner for, moreover, ought to be so enticing as to make any man question his values. At Santa Fe she comes across as a drip and a nag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Salzburg of the Southwest | 7/13/1981 | See Source »

...said that the U.S. might decide to deploy the enhanced-radiation warhead known as the neutron bomb. Haig quickly sent out cables saying that no such decision had been made. Discussing the presence of U.S. trainers in El Salvador, Weinberger offhandedly referred to them as "advisers"-a red-nag word with disturbing echoes of Viet Nam. This tendency to shoot from the hip has done nothing to ease tensions between Weinberger and Haig, which surfaced during the Secretary of State's ill-fated "I am in control" speech at the White House following the assassination attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Softly, with a Big Stick | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

Dear Ann Landers: I am 15 years old and my biggest problem is my mother. All she does is nag, nag, nag. From morning till night. It is, turn off the TV. Do your homework. Wash your neck. Stand up straight. Go clean up your room. How can I get her off my case? Pick, Pick, Pick

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Homespun Zaps and Zingers | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...waited for the show to start, gathering close by his buddies, throwing up impenetrable, bitter walls of beer, and through it they could see the others complain and nag...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Sympathy for the Devil | 5/23/1980 | See Source »

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