Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Which of the following authors is among the only six ever to reach the No. 1 spot on both the New York Times's fiction and nonfiction best-seller lists? (a) Tom Wolfe (b) Jimmy Buffett (c) John Grisham (d) Truman Capote
Tuesday, April 14 From Meg To: Tom I had a love affair with the word "twit" once. This lasted for years, long before I knew anyone that I know now. But the memory of the love lingers and in times of quiet if I really concentrate I can conjure up those feelings again. I've noticed you have a deep affection for the word "hip." You say it pretty often. I get the feeling that you secretly mean "hep"--something about the way you use the word belies a kind of nostalgia for hepness. Probably because you use the word...
Wednesday, April 15 From Tom To: Meg I like the concept of being loose at the wrist and scatty. Let us all be scatty. T'would be "heaven...
Saturday, May 9 From Tom To: Meg Do you know how many times I have had the dream that I am back in school--junior high, high school, junior college--and I can't remember my gym locker combination? Over my lifetime? HUNDREDS!... Do you need anything in your New York Life-space? What can I supply you with? Paper towels? A mop? Take-out menus...
...darkened view of love and togetherness, there are comforts attached to entering the world of a Nora Ephron romantic comedy--and these comforts extend beyond the knowledge that, at some point or another, Meg Ryan will appear on screen in a twin set. When Ephron pairs the actress with Tom Hanks, the viewer can rest assured that certain unsettling events will not occur: we know, for example, that our hero won't ever suffer financially (and thus won't turn to a life of bank robbery or kidnapping); our heroine won't be left, at the end of the film...