Word: smile
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...warm up, a jitterbug for the cardiovascular good, a waltz to cool down. "I never cared for any other kind of music," said a woman of some years named Barbara Rudolph, "and I never had a husband who did either." Just then she was dipped by Myron Perlstine, who smiled despite the tune, which was I'll Never Smile Again...
...crews will perform in an average time of 55 minutes for a fee of $39.50 to $49.50. The duties of the blue-and-white-clad cleaning squads -- primarily young mothers and homemakers -- range from washing kitchen floors to scouring porcelain to bed making. Says Ackerly: "We arrive with a smile, we have knowledge, we deliver what is asked of us, and we call back new clients the next day to see what could be done better...
...into his beard. "Am I in a goddam row? Who the hell's running the rows?" he swears. An older man with a thick gray beard informs Carper he is in Row 3 and assures him it is the best of them all. Carper's face softens into a smile; he stuffs his hands under his armpits and begins rocking his shoulders with delight...
...action rather than reflection. He prefers talking out problems to reading written staff summaries. Doubts about a particular decision set off a flurry of activity, as though sheer motion will somehow make them go away. Campaigning, he moves along an airport rope line, a metallic smile flashing on and off his face, racing almost manically through the process. It is no surprise that the Vice President greatly prefers power- boats to sail. Power, he says, saves time...
...arthritis and other infirmities are about the only limitations she accepts, and then only because she must. It is hard to reconcile the hands so stiff they can no longer type and the slow movement across the room with the gleam of the gray-green eyes, the brightly lipsticked smile, the clear voice and, most of all, the feisty opinions...