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...final reckoning, which listed 29 items, came to $1,036.40. Plus $30 for a shampoo to wash away that nasty kennel odor. Flash will be sleeping on his favorite rug underneath the Christmas tree this week. Santa may bring him a nice rubber toy to chew on instead of those lethal sticks. And how about a pet health-insurance plan for his impoverished owners...
...unease grew worse during the 1988 presidential campaign. Bush resisted his handlers' desire to schedule repeat visits to the state, understandably reluctant to appear at campaign stops alongside such silly cartoon characters as the Three Little Pigs and a trio of purple, rug-cutting California Raisins. Luckily for Bush, his advisers prevailed: he narrowly won the state, eking out a 51% majority with the help of last-minute appearances by home state hero Reagan, two of them the day before the election...
Doughnuts, dogs and money. According to Lawrence Garfield, better known as Larry the Liquidator, they are the three things everyone loves in a straightforward, uncomplicated way. Money, of course, has the advantage over the others in that it is fat-free and cannot poop on the living room rug...
...supposed to be doing the Bill Cosby-Brady Bunch syndrome." Leguizamo acknowledges, however, that his unflinching portrayals of Latin lowlifes, louts and losers can trigger a painful catharsis. "Latin culture is very subliminal. There's still a lot of self-hate. It's underneath this mat and rug hidden in the basement, and it's the beast that wants to come out and chop our heads off. I'm letting out a lot of monsters...
...young female staff member was drowned in his car at Chappaquiddick, and stonewalled for much of the subsequent investigation, must have wanted to avoid the moment that faced him last Tuesday when the situation required a public statement on Hill's allegation: "The Senate cannot sweep it under the rug, or pretend that it is not staring us in the face." Other members have had personal embarrassments as well: Senator Dennis DeConcini is one of the Keating Five; Senator Joseph Biden had to drop out of the 1988 presidential race because of plagiarism; Senator Patrick Leahy had to resign from...