Word: posing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decided to pose as Art Dealer "John Blake," with an interest in 17th century Italian painting, pretending to have many rich clients and no moral scruples. Once word of his corruptibility got around the art world, Watson reckoned, he would be offered stolen pictures, including, some day, the Caravaggio...
Instances of herpes hysteria have become increasingly common as the disease affects growing numbers of the newborn. Campaigns to isolate these infected children are, however, misguided. According to pediatricians, the children pose no greater threat to their classmates than someone with a common cold sore. Moreover, the chances for transmission are slight since intimate contact with the infected area is required. "Kids are just as liable to become infected when kissed by their grandmother or aunt," says Lawrence Corey of Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle...
Thanks to Miss Piggy's decision to pose for The Mona Piga [Dec. 12], our name has become a household word. For years, my mother-in-law collected her paycheck under the name Biga. My husband's name was printed Pica on our wedding invitation, and our charge account was under the name Pizza. Vous can blow Miss Piggy a kiss for us Pigas...
...Despite Reagan's mea culpa, the findings of the commission, which was chaired by retired Navy Admiral Robert L. J. Long,- will not be easily shrugged off. In effect, the report concluded that the Marines are engaged in a Mission Impossible. On one hand, they are unable to pose as neutral peace-keepers because the U.S. has sided militarily with the rickety central government of Amin Gemayel. On the other, they are too few in number (1,800) and too restricted in their operations (never firing unless fired upon) to be much of a military threat to the antigovernment...
...Iowa, whose Feb. 20 caucuses will pose the first test, the question is apparently not whether Mondale will win but by how much. With 22 paid staffers, Mondale's machine is capitalizing on his regional popularity (he was born just seven miles across the state line in Ceylon, Minn.). By contrast, says an Iowa party leader, "the Glenn campaign has been a disaster. If his organization doesn't pick up the slack, he's going to be sucking eggs out here." Mondale's organization in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary...