Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...adventure not seen in recent political history: a completely unguarded presidential candidate just being himself, whether he's with the monkeys on the bus or the honest labor force. Such an approach might seem like nothing more than horse sense to the average Joe, but we're at a point in campaign politics where anyone who is remotely comfortable in his own skin comes off like Abe Lincoln...
...took Haas 3 1/2 weeks to discover what killed the boy, and at that point she went to see Ben's parents and the attorney they had retained. "I told them we had saved the syringes," she says, "and had them tested, and that we accepted full responsibility for the error, and we were very, very sorry." The case was settled that evening...
...role in getting Liza into rehab). The two aren't talking now, though Liza doesn't describe it as a feud: "We're sisters, and we're going through something." She won't even bad-mouth the book, which she claims she hasn't read. "It's her point of view. I think it was probably cathartic for her to write it." Catharsis or not, Liza refused to join her sister in a couple of tributes to Judy Garland at the London Palladium and Carnegie Hall. "I've never gotten involved in those things," says Liza. "I sometimes resent that...
...example, soon after the new arthritis drug Celebrex became available, the Food and Drug Administration received 53 reports of dispensing errors that occurred when it was mistaken for the seizure drug Cerebyx or the antidepressant Celexa. Searle, the maker of Celebrex, ran ads in medical journals this summer to point out the similarities to doctors and pharmacists and make them aware of the dangers of mixing them up. Although the FDA regulates drugs for safety and efficacy, it does not pay as close attention to their names...
...GATES' POINT OF VIEW...