Word: patting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when Geraldine Ferraro ran for the vice presidency, the question buzzing anxiously around the Beltway was, "Has she gone through menopause yet?" You certainly wouldn't want a Veep who flashed hot or popped Midol. Fast-forward to 1994, and the Washington Post could calmly interview power gals Pat Schroeder and Olympia Snowe on their feelings about hormone-replacement therapy--and no one was blushing or giggling. In fact, in the new femaleist vernacular, those aren't hot flashes; they're power surges. True, you might hesitate to rip off your sweater and start fanning your face at a meeting...
Franken is notorious for his anti-Republican humor. In 1996, he was fired from Newsweek for asking Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan if he Had, among other things, "ever had a homo-erotic dream...
Boston Globe columnist Ellen H. Goodman '63 and novelist Pat O'Brien will serve as Radcliffe's first ever writers in-residence this semester, Radcliffe announced yesterday...
...were feisty tonight, and Cameron was a big part of that winning attitude," said Boston coach Pat Burns...
...Stars trailed 3-1 going into the third period, but a goal by Pat Verbeek and two by Modano extended their unbeaten streak to seven...