Word: vip
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...Matthews, was interviewed and trailed by Devin Friedman, GQ’s senior writer and an alumnus of Shaker Heights High School. And when a photographer showed up at his door to follow him and his prom date around for the evening, Math was excited about his newfound VIP status. “We had a limo, went out to dinner at a nice restaurant, and with the camera crew, we felt like we were the shit,” he says. It appears, however, that Friedman and Math weren’t on the same page. In the article...
...News to become the most famous White House press secretary in history. Even in the White House's West Wing, where restrictions on visitors ensure that no one is just a tourist, his appearance in the hallway can elicit a bubble of giggly Beatlemania; I heard a visiting VIP yelp, "Omigod, I just saw Tony Snow!" His fame--invariably, his colleagues describe him as a "rock star"--has unavoidably changed the very nature of the job. He is more than a mouthpiece; he's a one-man echo chamber, able to riff on the themes of the Bush presidency with...
...Sporting silver loops in both ears and wrapping his salt-and-pepper braids into a bun behind his head, 56-year-old James Melvin Nicholas stood out in the crew-cut, uniformed staff. The breast of his white lab coat was smothered in goodwill medals given to him by VIP guests. His accent was effeminate and Mississippian. He held the lowly title of medical support technician. But from behind the nurse's station, where he worked, everyone knew who was in charge...
...Curvy leather seating and mod decorative resin dividers are part of the sophisticated dcor. The layout says designer rather than jeans. At the party, Diesel had paid actress Heather Graham to model a denim mermaid number for the tabloids, and guards shooed guests away from a roped-off VIP area?effectively aping just the sort of fashion antics that Diesel has long skewered in its advertising...
...governor’s decision means that Khatami will not receive the customary VIP treatment and state-police protection that foreign dignitaries are typically provided...