Word: telling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Riegle, meanwhile, had to confess to several meetings with Keating that he forgot to tell the Senate ethics committee about until it came out in congressional testimony. One was a helicopter tour of Keating's real estate empire in 1987. Cranston's political future darkened during congressional hearings last week when some of his California constituents blamed "Cranston's corruption" for the loss of their savings...
Only after I had signed all of the papers did my boss tell me that we were going to throw out one of the libraries. "Great," I thought, "now I'll only be responsible for two libraries...
...Like Tell A Good Joke...
...Japanese electronics goods over the semiconductor issue. The mood was hysterical. At a party an American politician told me that because the U.S. and the Soviet Union were moving closer together, the world power balance had shifted, and Japan was no longer very important. He had the nerve to tell me that the Americans and the Russians share the same identity because they are white. Well, that's fine. But if Moscow is looking to Washington for high technology, Japan is the country that has it. The Soviet Union is free to choose between Japan and the U.S. for high...
...careers. For the Kansas-born Alley, "this is my big blockbuster. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, I'm clicking my heels." Travolta, back on top after years of languishing, says the movie "makes people happy. It makes them feel good about having a family. Men tell me, 'You're giving me lessons in how to be a dad.' Women say, 'Will you be my husband?' I gotta tell you, it thrills me to pieces." It thrills Hollywood too. The town is always pleased to welcome a baby with such a humongous silver spoon...