Word: personal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Obviously, it's something we have to sleepon," Murphy said. "By nature, loyalty is probablythe most important thing in the world to me. Youcan't just toss out what Rich Linden has done forthis program and what kind of person and what kindof football player he is. So we're going to dowhat it takes to win, but Rich Linden's not out ofthis thing...
...shift the American people's attention to scribblers, paparazzi and all the professionals who make their living off of buzz. Members of the media--involved in a business, not a nonprofit service--are always tempted to slant the story to further their own purposes. Consider, for example, that the person who encouraged Linda S. Tripp to bring Monica Lewinsky's story into the open was Lucianne Goldberg, a New York book agent. (Though her Republican sympathies no doubt had a large role in her desire to expose Clinton's indiscretions, she surely envisioned the profits from a juicy bestseller...
Along the way, Huan found some cherished mentors at school and at church. They helped guide her, particularly when she faced a personal tragedy. Last fall she was eagerly awaiting her father's first visit to the U.S. when he died in a freak accident. Huan's father was a sound engineer by profession, and he and his daughter shared a passion for music. After his death, however, music filled her with pain. "Music is such an intimate thing," says Huan. "The memories it brought up made me sad. So I thought I had to get away from music...
Heavens, what a marvelous people we are! Or I mean you--what a marvelous people you are. Or us. Or are we an it? Maybe them. I'm not sure. But the American People: they're champs. Just aces. Absolutely top of the line. Every last person of them, the American People...
...most popular person at the party used to be the one flaunting the hottest stock tip. Pssst--zip drives. Ooh, baby! Not anymore. Today's darling is the geek in the corner explaining zero-coupon bonds. Zero what? You know, those tricky little devils that look like bonds and move like stocks and, um, are only up 25% this year after rising 22% last year. Ooh, baby! That's right. Just when you had given up on another year of 20%-plus investment gains (and having anything to gloat over), along comes a sharp decline in interest rates that...