Word: trappings
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...anybody in black political circles had heard reports of a scene that could have come straight out of a Terry McMillan novel: it was said that Jackie, Jackson's wife of 38 years, had barged into his office and upbraided Stanford for getting pregnant in order to "trap" her husband. Or that Jackson was sleeping at the home of his son, Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., because Jackie had kicked him out of the house. Several news organizations, including TIME, looked into the matter but declined to publish the story because Stanford denied that Jackson was the father. But Stanford...
...trap at its blueline that held the sporadic Crimson offense at bay and left UNH goalie Conklin largely unattended...
...since holiday season 1999, you could do worse than pay a visit to Bluelight.com based in San Francisco. Incongruities abound. Here we are at a converted warehouse (major points for geek chic), but it's in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf, Middle America's greatest open-air tourist trap, miles from the hipster hangouts. Inside are all the signs of an unstuffy start-up--pets roaming the halls, people with green hair. Yet what gets them really jazzed is flipping the switch that signals a virtual blue-light special...
...choose for something like this." Actually, he was at the top of the wish lists of director Nancy Meyers and Paramount chairman Sherry Lansing. Meyers (who penned the 1991 Father of the Bride update and its sequel) had directed only one picture, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, but Gibson watched it and signed on. "I wouldn't naturally go see something like that," he says, "but I enjoyed...
...most decorated soldier by acting predictably. He earned his stripes in such daring escapades as the dramatic 1976 hostage rescue at Uganda's Entebbe airport and the assassination of key PLO leaders in distant Arab capitals. Now the plucky little commando appears to have sprung a nasty booby trap on his domestic political foes - by announcing his resignation Saturday, and calling a new election that must be held within two months...