Word: takeout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soon afterward, two of Kerrey's staff members walked into his office, carrying bags of takeout Chinese food. Not much later, Kerrey called Clinton in the Oval Office; the President took the word of Kerrey's decision calmly and thanked him for his support. At 8:30, an hour before the vote, Kerrey emerged and said he was going to the floor to give his speech. There he took the opportunity to bash Clinton's bill one more time. "The truth, Mr. President, is in fact that the price of their proposal is too low. It's too little...
...final ice cream outlet worth mentioning is Swenson's, on Brattle Street. Strictly a takeout joint, Swensen's shares space with David's Cookies, introducing that distraction factor. On the other hand, cookies and ice cream go well together, and you might like that fresh-baked cookie smell...
...heels of David Gergen's appointment, which horrified many of Clinton's eager young staff members. Gergen, back from a vacation in Bermuda that included a boat ride with Ross Perot, spent part of his first full day at work wandering the halls and hanging around the takeout window of the White House mess, greeting his colleagues like a maitre d'. In his first meeting with the communications staff, Gergen tried irony to defuse suspicion among the Young Turks, identifying nearby offices as the old haunts of former colleagues like William Safire and Pat Buchanan. "Are you trying...
...Linda Inghilleri, 39, a godmother who became a surrogate parent, though by some reports not much of one. From first grade on, Katie was absent from school much of the time. She spent many days instead doing laundry and shopping. Inghilleri sent her out regularly for candy, takeout food and cigarettes...
...Hong Kong starts as a takeout liking, and becomes an addiction," says Vietzen. "Until you guys brought me here," he says, turning to his three friends, "I was going through withdrawal. Since spring break we've been here, what, zero times...