Word: tenderizers
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...during the fall of 1980. For one thing, the much heralded marriage was on the rocks and headed for worse. Yoko told a confidant of her plans to divorce her husband after the work on Double Fantasy was completed: "I need to free myself of the Lennon name." Her tender contributions to that album were inspired not by John, as everyone was led to believe, but by a man named Sam Green, her lover of the moment. And Lennon's tales of cozy domesticity in the Dakota, his Manhattan apartment house, did not stand up to Goldman's six years...
Takeshita, who took office just ten months ago, was credited with doing a highly professional job of soothing his Chinese hosts' tender feelings. In remarks at a banquet given by Premier Li Peng, the Japanese leader volunteered that he would "learn lessons" and "face history." In a speech at the ancient Chinese capital of Xian, Takeshita insisted that the revival of Japanese militarism was a myth. Said he: "We have stuck fast to our stated goal of never becoming a military superpower...
...staff over the years, she has been known to be somewhat less tender: often brusque and occasionally imperious. Dr. Anthony Smith, who trained at St. Christopher's and is now medical director of a hospice north of London, recalls that an interview with Dame Cicely was "like going to the headmaster's study." Others complain that she has been slow to adapt to new needs, particularly the admission of AIDS patients. "She simply wouldn't allow an AIDS patient to breathe on St. Christopher's," says one observer. Her views have changed, but she still insists that any AIDS patients...
...other aspect of her personality, the humorous, tender side, is reflected not only in the devotion of her staff but also in the lively, casual air of St. Christopher's. Visitors, even small children, are admitted at all hours. Dogs stroll around, visiting their sick owners. Some patients sip whiskey with their visitors. "It's like a five-star hotel," says an elderly patient. More, perhaps, it is a throwback to the early days of the century, when care from birth to death was normally delivered at home. As Matron Duffield observes, "A hospital would insist on a strict diet...
...Gary Hart became a political ghost at a tender age. He tried to make a comeback and instead became a laughingstock and an embarrassment to his party...