Word: palmed
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This back-and-forth sniping suggests that the world has grown more complicated than it was when Consumer Reports made its debut almost 59 years ago. Subscribers still swear by it. Cheryll and Tommy Schechtman, both in their early 40s, recently built a new house in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and wanted to upgrade all the major appliances on a $10,000 budget. Says Cheryll: "We're pretty trusting about what Consumer Reports recommends." But the exponential growth of new products threatens to swamp the magazine that was established to rank them for the buying public. Hundreds of new computer...
President Clinton lost his favorite putter. George Bush clipped two spectators, and Jerry Ford, true to form, knocked his first ball straight at the crowd. "The three hackers," as Ford called the presidential trio, convened in Palm Springs, Calif., today for the Bob Hope Classic, with the venerable comedian as a fourth. Before finishing off his round, Bush had to say he was sorry to one victim, slightly bleeding, 71-year-old Norma Early of Vista, Calif., who told Bush, "I'm sorry I got in the way of your shot...
Representative Sonny Bono (R., Calif.) returns to Washington after a weekend in Palm Springs, where he rested up from his first week in Congress, worked in his district office, gave interviews and hosted a do for the Palm Springs International Film Festival...
...bought a town house at a swank gated development in Georgetown. Meanwhile, after a hectic round of committee meetings, a briefing on fiscal issues, an interview with CBS News and a sit- down with a representative from the National Association of Realtors, Bono catches a flight back to Palm Springs to view flood damage and attend the film-festival gala...
...explains to the woman he loves, simply doesn't comprehend how minuscule the particles truly are. He tells her, "I could put an atom into your hand for every second since the world began, and you would have to squint to see the dot of atoms in your palm." Some men offer their beloved the moon. Kerner offers his a speck in her palm -- a glimpse into the micro-basement of the universe -- and she is enchanted. And the audience...