Word: wading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...praising his colleagues. In particular, his appreciation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher's contribution should go a long way toward countering the scathing criticisms of Christopher's stewardship that were fashionable at the time. Christopher gave Holbrooke an "unprecedented degree of flexibility" and was always prepared to wade in himself if needed. He emerges as one of the heroes of this strange epic...
Nearly 3 million people have visited Gaskins' home page--as many as 30,000 a day. It takes him an hour just to wade through the 150 e-mail messages he gets each day from kids hoping for contact with the screen idol. (Note to the Leo-struck: Gaskins has never communicated with the star or his handlers.) I would find all this very draining, but Gaskins does it for free. Is he a sucker? "I had someone appraise my site," he says. "The domain name itself is worth more than $75,000." Hmmm, maybe...
...longtime and loyal baseball fan that I write you to express my anger at the recent caption above a photograph of Ted Williams and Wade Boggs. The caption read "Hit 'em where they ain't." This phrase is attributable to Pee Wee Reese, a slap-hitting shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the '40s and '50s, and has absolutely no relevance to Ted Williams...
...perfectly honest, we all have our hang-ups, and we're probably all a little guilty of racism. CBS spokesperson Leslie Ann Wade, whose company had been expected to offer White a football commentator's position, said, "Every human being has some bias about something in their world because of their life experience. But those biases have no place in the broadcast booth or in the workplace...
...Weekend to discover the Fogg Art Museum! This squat neoclassical building is truly one of the treasures of Harvard's campus, boasting a surprisingly superb and broad collection of paintings and sculpture. The exhibits are self-contained and easily manageable in an afternoon, so there's no need to wade through acres of Post-Impressionist gaffes before you find a masterpiece. Particularly noteworthy are the installations of abstract art, German expressionism and the Impressionists, the latter containing an absolutely terrific Van Gogh self-portrait. Plus, it's all FREE with your Harvard I.D. FREE! That's over $20 less than...