Word: partner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sassy has tackled such topics as losing one's virginity ("If you don't feel like you can talk to your partner, then it's probably time to reconsider"), how to kiss (not too wet or too wide, and never with flavored lip-gloss) and the "Truth About Boys' Bodies" ("the average amount of semen per ejaculation is one-quarter of an ounce"). Sandwiched between the glossy but no-nonsense fashion pages and gushing paeans to the latest teen idols is at least one hard-hitting article, like the story of a teen whose best friend died of AIDS...
...furor; 3) Ennui, which sets in when the nominee learns that he is not permitted to make news as he barnstorms in backwaters like Biloxi and Butte; 4) Ephemeral Elevation, a honeymoon that lasts until the new Veep sees through the pious promises that he will be a "full partner" in the Administration; and 5) Effacement, as the sadder but wiser Veep realizes that he has achieved invisibility in Washington and notoriety at foreign funerals...
...sentiment and the celebration. Jerome Robbins' brilliant Glass Pieces seemed as sleek as it did at its premiere five years ago. McBride swept through George Balanchine's The Man I Love looking half her 45 years. Company Director Peter Martins came out of retirement to honor his ideal partner, Suzanne Farrell, 42, who had a new plastic hip, performing with her in his version of Sophisticated Lady, set to the Duke Ellington song. The finale, danced like fireworks by Kyra Nichols, came from Balanchine's ebullient Stars and Stripes. It was just like old times, and everyone wanted to savor...
...most tempting future marketplace in the East bloc, even though Soviet and U.S. business interests still conflict in many ways. The Soviets are primarily interested in producing goods that they can export to the West in exchange for hard currency. They hope to find an American partner, for instance, to manufacture their designer fashions, some of which were shown at the Dallas Apparel Mart in March. But like the clothes, many of the products they want to make are already produced in abundant quantities elsewhere. Meanwhile, their Western partners, who are mainly eager to sell products and services...
Forget about Marguerite Higgins, Mary Welsh Hemingway or the shoulder-padded heroines whom Rosalind Russell used to play in the movies. Those female legends of the '30s and '40s may have been superwomen, but consider the perfections of Claudia Hampton, war correspondent, popular historian, prized sexual partner to many men. (Claudia is also a terrible mother, but that seems to go with the territory...