Word: petted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hand on Amy Fisher." He praised his old network, NBC, for behaving "honorably and as gentlemen," then remarked, "What I will miss most are the back rubs from Irving R. Levine. The man is a master." A reporter asked if any of Letterman's familiar bits, like Stupid Pet Tricks, are still the property of NBC. "They own the rights to my old ice-dancing routine," he replied. When will his new show on CBS begin? "In August," he said. "And we should probably finish up around Labor Day." Then to CBS president Laurence Tisch, sitting on the podium next...
...Lindenbaum, retold by Gabrielle Charbonnet (Henry Holt; $14.95). Here is a bull terrier with real star power. As the perky illustrations demonstrate, she sleeps all day, hogs the best chair, is afraid of rain and regards the vacuum cleaner as an enemy. Yet the child narrator looks upon her pet as a blend of heroine and best friend. Boodil would agree, and so will any reader with a lazy and lovable mutt...
...Gore's alleged failure to loosen up during public appearances bothers us because we expect our leaders to jump through hoops on Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" to prove they're just average guys like the rest...
First, let's get this snarled, so you know I know. You could care less whether I like Harvard or not: that's between me, my pet rock, and the folks who foot the bill. Phil Rubin--the editor behind this tangle of thorns--could care less. The message he left didn't ask for sentiment. It said, "1 page, single spaced." I heard, "two pages of the magazine down, five more to go, what about the Newbury Comics Ad?" I don't blame...
Having successfully refurbished her image in Arkansas, Hillary Clinton had to start all over again once she stepped onto the national stage. "The Hillary problem," as some aides called it, reflected the perception of some voters that she combined the aura of the teacher's pet with the grimness of the first generation of women lawyers, afraid to crack a joke about a client for fear of being sent back to the typing pool. To some, her marriage looked like a merger. Former candidate Michael Dukakis only read about Swedish land- use planning in his spare time; the Clintons talk...