Word: wagged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only know what I read in the papers," said the writer of the Wag the Dog screenplay. "[And] I don't read the papers...
...sure, iBook's look hasn't garnered universal praise. Silicon Valley insiders, reports a wag, "can't decide whether it looks like a toilet seat or a Hello Kitty bag." But even its detractors would have to agree that it's a striking departure for the home-computer market--and quite possibly a landmark in the quest Jobs began when he founded Apple two decades ago. "I remember when he pulled the white sheet off the first Mac in '84," says Tim Bajarin, a longtime Apple watcher. "Even then, he was going to create the 'computer for Everyman...
...Serbs showed "Wag the Dog" when the bombing began, and now Belgrade is venturing into creating its own made-for-TV events. The Yugoslav army staged a tiny "troop withdrawal" Thursday, moving about 120 soldiers out of Kosovo before assembled Western reporters at a border post. A senior officer then spun the reporters the line that the only thing slowing Yugoslav withdrawal was NATO's continued bombing. It was a lame stunt, but it pointed to the key obstacle to a Russian-mediated peace process: Moscow wants a simultaneous Yugoslav withdrawal and cessation of NATO's bombing, but NATO...
...Premise The film follows the travails of two teenage girls (Kirsten Dunst of such films as Wag the Dog and Michelle Williams of Dawson's Creek) who take a wrong turn on a White House tour and stumble onto some presidential secrets. Worried about what they might know, President Nixon (Dan Hedaya) offers them jobs as dog-walkers. Suddenly, the witless pair find themselves embroiled in the Watergate controversy...
...specifics. It's much more restrictive than other wars I've covered." Journalists are getting testy. Last week, when Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon opened a briefing by saying he would take questions "until the cows go home," reporters were unimpressed. "How about until the refugees go home?" an irritated wag wearily asked...