Word: popular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that you're unpopular among politicians and popular with the people...
...leader, calling from his home in Pascagoula, Miss., and wanting to talk about the biggest issue to confront the Senate in a generation: the impeachment trial of President Clinton. Hearing from Lott was a relief to Collins, a moderate Republican in a Democratic-leaning state where the President remains popular. It was even more of a relief to hear his responses. When Collins said she wanted the trial to start soon--in the next two weeks--and to end quickly, Lott agreed with her. And when Collins said she didn't want the impeachment debate to become a food fight...
Meanwhile, the I.O.C. is scheduled to wrap up its internal review by Jan. 23. Members found to have solicited bribes may be forced to resign. A popular proposal, supported by the irrepressible 80-year-old Hodler, is that voting on host cities be limited to the executive board, which has 11 members...
...breakout shows last year was Comedy Central's scabrous South Park, and the year before, Fox had its own success with that animated paean to redneck Texas, King of the Hill. Now the genre that seems to offer the quickest shortcut to countercultural chic is becoming more popular than ever. The three start-up networks (Fox, UPN and the WB) have scheduled seven new prime-time cartoon series for this year, and more are in the works. "Animated shows stand out from the pack," says Tony Krantz, CEO of Imagine Television, one of the producers of The PJs. "They look...
Instead, the procrastinator should obtain a study carrel. This working space is popular during exam period, but usually there are a few empty stalls. If these are filled by fellow motivated procrastinators, she should not despair, and instead move into an unoccupied audio-visual room. No one distracting there...