Word: thanks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rehearsals of his speech in the White House family theater. He was relaxed, in a plaid shirt, drinking tea, cracking wise. Present were a sprinkling of advisers and speechwriters and Vice President Al Gore. "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 104th Congress," the President intoned, then smiled. "Thank you and good night." Laughter...
Historians, take note: that would have been the briefest State of the Union on record. The presidential joke had a certain self-deprecating quality, as Clinton's infamously long 1995 address lasted 81 minutes. Just a year ago, pundits and politicos were saying "Thank you and good night" to the Clinton presidency, but after the President's trim, one-hour speech last week, it was morning in Bill Clinton's America. The man written off after the 1994 elections was suddenly looking like the man to beat--especially when compared with Bob Dole and his not-ready-for-prime-time...
...from both movies and television, nearly all showed up, sitting at crowded banquet tables in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. And unlike the Oscars and Tonys, the orchestra did not (most of the time) spoil the party by cutting short the acceptance speeches; at the Golden Globes, everybody gets to thank everybody. Sharon Stone, a Best Actress winner for Casino, spent a full three minutes thanking her co-stars, director, several Universal executives, her parents, publicist, hair and makeup people and "the girls at Chaos [her production company]: Paulette, Mindy and Kristen." Backstage with Dick Clark, she had more: "I forgot...
...understand that ostracism is an age-old way of showing disapproval; Fatty Arbunkle, a much bigger star, saw his career collapse after he was acquitted of murdering a starlet. Some of Simpson's lawyers advised him to quietly reach out to black churches and ghetto youth programs to thank African Americans for supporting him during his trial. Instead, Simpson has chosen to treat blacks as suckers: asking them to pony up for his videotape...
...start noticing things after a while," Scott said. "Like [the rejection letters] all begin with 'thank...