Word: note
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caused the backlash to the backlash after photos of him and his mistress were plastered all over the tabloids. For a while there, Kathie Lee managed to be a victim. Well, folks, it's time to start bashing again. You see, Little Miss Sweatshop decided to send a note to Howard Stern after Stern's painful separation from his wife of 21 years. Stern and Kathie Lee, of course, aren't particularly good friends. Actually, Howard has made it quite clear that he thinks Kathie Lee is the devil. The note read, "I was very sorry to hear the news...
...EDITOR'S NOTE: TIME Daily writer Frank Pellegrini, at a ripe 27 years, has taken a leave of absence to join the Army Reserve. He is currently undergoing basic training - boot camp - and then will spend several months in an Army journalism school. Given the difficulty the armed forces are experiencing in recruiting qualified young people these days, we think his experiences and impressions are worth sharing. Here is the second missive; others will be posted as they arrive. I have been here 24 hours, possibly the longest and slowest day of my life...
...This will legalize unprecedented and Orwellian surveillance of the daily lives of bank customers," asserts the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in Washington, one of many consumer groups demanding that Congress kill--or Clinton veto--the bill. The industry says this is all overblown, and lawmakers behind the bill note that specific points in the legislation require full disclosure of any information sharing that will...
Bottom line: no matter how official an e-mail looks, be wary. Check the company's website--many firms like Microsoft and Honda debunk myths on their home pages. Personally, I take note of spelling and grammar in suspect mail. Hoax authors do not appear to be the biggest fans of dictionaries...
...more than 400 epistles renders a more definitive portrait of America's past 99 years than would all the centennial books laid decade to decade. Some entries are moving (Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 letter from a Birmingham, Ala., jail), some comical (fugitive Clyde Barrow's 1934 note to Henry Ford, praising his "dandy" V8 getaway car). They add up to an exceptional bedside companion...