Word: polkas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan, blue polka-dot bow tie flagging his considerable presence, walked into the Oval Office last week, a 6-ft. 4-in. "loose cannon," as the Clinton crew viewed him. Moynihan coolly surveyed the office paintings, indicating his reservations, checked to be sure the elegant desk used by John Kennedy (a Moynihan idol) was still there, settled on a couch and told the President of the United States, 20 years his junior, that the BTU energy tax was dead, moribund, finished...
Then there was the matter of "the girl in the polka-dot dress." Several people remembered seeing her with Sirhan and another man at the hotel before $ the shooting. The RFK Tapes speculates that she was Sirhan's "baby-sitter," or control. The L.A.P.D., while purportedly trying to find the woman, tried harder to browbeat witnesses into changing their stories...
Numerous other styles include paisley, plaid and polka dot; athletic teams (Red Sox and Celtics); and cartoon heroes like the Tasmanian Devil, Opus, Rocky and Bullwinkle...
...also has its share of images that aren't so picture-perfect. Gennifer Flowers cries foul at a press conference. Bill grasps a joint and attempts to inhale. Poor Chelsea stands stiffly in a polka-dot dress...
Besides her trademark polka-dotted clothing, Dottie's success as a comedian is based on her ability to find the humor in the everyday. As the title suggests, Dottie uses material from her life to make her audiences laugh. This tactic in turn amuses and infuriates her daughters as they are at times embarrased by their mother's forthrightness in public...