Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because she is such a calming presence, always a kind word, always a candy bowl on her desk, a cold cloth for the forehead, Betty Currie has been painted through this winter of scandal as a simple, sanctified sister of mercy. But she is also a puzzle, with a resume and reflexes that speak to lessons learned in 40 years of bureaucratic trench warfare. Is she too loyal ever to betray the President? Is she too honest ever to shade the truth? Kenneth Starr and Bill Clinton are each hoping that they know which side she will come down...
...often uses only facial expressions to reveal her opinions. She keeps her private life so private that some of her co-workers were not really aware of her divorce, her courtship with the man who became her second husband, or the deaths last year of her brother and her sister. She is regarded by nearly everyone as apolitical and nonpartisan, but over 10 years and three elections she became a minor franchise player on Democratic presidential campaigns. "For a woman who's been around politics as long as she has, it does not appear that aggression has kept...
Brill's record as a businessman is less clear-cut. American Lawyer and its sister magazines have never been big moneymakers, and Court TV has struggled to get into the black. Early last year Brill was stymied when he tried to gain full control of his media ventures from partners, including Time Warner (parent company of TIME's publisher), and he wound up selling out to the company instead, a deal that netted him more than $20 million. He'll spend much of that on Content, which he projects will cost $27 million before breaking even. (One of the three...
...asked my five-year-old son and his four-year-old sister what they would do if they saw a gun. In unison, they quoted the N.R.A.'s educational mascot, Eddie Eagle: "Stop. Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult." The fact that Eddie Eagle's words were remembered by my youngsters disproves the ugly picture the media often paint of the N.R.A. Eddie can help many parents to speak with their youngsters about this disturbing subject. BARBARA ROCHE Watchung...
...women who still expend the psychic energy that keeps a household going (Is Dave & Buster's right for Ethan's birthday? Christmas here or at my sister's?). As for chores, let's define the term. A chore is the thing that has to be done right now or all hell breaks loose. A chore is putting in an extra load of laundry or cleaning up after the kids before you get rec-room Pompeii. It's not installing an antique doorknob, planting tomatoes or grilling salmon for company, which are fun. Hobbies--surfing the Web, working out, tinkering with...