Word: pockets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assistant manager of Petco on 119 First St. reported that a man placed a parakeet in his pocket. When the man saw he had been observed, he restored the parakeet to a shelf and left the store...
...politicians are in the pocket of special interests--or at least, we think they are. Polls show that more than half of Americans believe campaign donations influence elected officials "a great deal," while two-thirds think the influence of contributions on elections and government policy is a "major problem." Many journalists agree. According to editorial writers for The New York Times, the U.S. has "a system that makes money more important than the public will." What with "huge open-ended campaign contributions by rich individuals, corporations and labor unions," the concerns of average Americans are pushed aside...
...behind the Oval Office. She is willing to do whatever the leader of the free world would like; he is willing to engage in a bit of, shall we say, stimulation with a woman less than half his age. Heck, he's got the Secret Service in his back pocket. If he can get away with the Gennifer Flowers affair, with refusing to settle with Paula Jones, with keeping his affair with Kathleen Willey out of the public eye, a little fun beneath the desk won't slip...
...have been just as fruitful. As a testimony, last week I purchased 3Com's PalmPilot and already wonder how I lived without it. No longer do I lug around a three-inch binder with calendar, meeting minutes and financial info. Instead I slip the wallet sized Pilot into my pocket...
...movie about Santa Claus and casts himself in the lead, thousands of children across the nation will cry themselves to sleep in a fever of disillusionment. Thus, when Abby (Olivia Williams), the Postman's obligatory love interest, gushes, "You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket," you find yourself wondering first, "Would I touch something that's been in Kevin Costner's pocket?" and then, "Did she say hope? When did he give out hope? Did I miss the hope part when I was in the bathroom...