Word: sore
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With visions of herpes sores clouding each new encounter, would-be lovers who used to gaze romantically into each other's eyes now look for the telltale blink or averted glance of the dissembling herpetic. One male skeptic even called the best friend of a woman he wanted to sleep with and asked if his intended had the disease. In the new etiquette of the ailment, a direct question ("You don't have herpes, do you?") is regarded as tacky. Standard openings have evolved. "You would tell me if you had anything I could catch, wouldn't you?" is admired...
...American fashion industry rallied to the President's defense. "It's a credit to his imagination," claimed Jack Haber, editor of Gentlemen's Quarterly. "It was not a sore-thumb kind of plaid. It was a beautifully tailored suit, a muted plaid." John Fairchild, Women 's Wear Daily publisher, seconded the thought: "Good for him. The President didn't look like a stuffy old goat. There's some sunshine, some California in that suit...
...hardware chain, offers home repair and fix-it advice from "Dr. Wally Barnett," whose role is played by a Channel employee and two assistants. "Dr. Wally" is sometimes mistakenly considered to be a physician, and people call in with questions about how to deliver a baby or treat a sore throat...
...west of Grand Rapids, plans to build a new home if her offer is accepted, explaining, "I don't like two-story houses. I like a ranch style better." Another helpful lady phoned to recommend her neighbor's house-without telling him-because it was "an eye sore." Director John Carpenter (Halloween) will make the final selection next month, but with the calls coming in from as far away as Houston, it looks as though he has discovered one answer to the real estate crunch: more horror movies...
...best book. At street level, he hilariously and venomously chronicles The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas-from 1974 Playboy magazine piece to Broadway smash to film-with country-boy cunning. But beyond the ribaldry and self-promotion lies a melancholy, intriguing tale of a writer in trouble. This saddle-sore veteran of his first collaboration emerges brutalized, agonized and hospitalized, although "about two-thirds rich...