Word: wente
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wake up every morning and go to Widener Library and go to the stacks and read about vampires,” he says. Beyond merely hitting the books, they also engaged in some practical research. A few members of the Lampoon made a trip to Forks in Washington and went on a tour. “We had to live ‘Twilight’ for a while,” Grzecki says...
After all of this research, the Lampoon wrote “Nightlight.” The writers used the “corpse” method, in which they sat at a table and went around saying one word at a time forming the story. After many, many hours of “corpsing” and some editing, the 160 page book was created...
...book you talk about former U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick advising you to "lose the professor clothes." What did you do? Well, it gave me a great excuse to shop. So I went and bought more professional-looking suits, a lot of suits. But I did buy things with bright colors. I bought red suits and green, and had a good time with it. More formal, absolutely. But I didn't want to look like...
...like jewelry. But it wouldn't have happened if it hadn't been for Saddam Hussein, because he called me this "unparalleled serpent," and I had the snake pin. That elicited something from the reporters. And then I thought, Well, that was fun, so I went out and bought some costume jewelry. From everything I can tell, it hasn't distracted. Much to my surprise, because there wasn't anything strategic about this, it has added to my message. And it's an icebreaker. It's even an icebreaker now in many ways. I was on an airplane coming back...
...women, either Senators or members of Congress, have pantsuits. But Washington is not New York. No city is New York. I first moved to Washington in the early '60s, and Jackie Kennedy was a huge deal in terms of the style that she set, but then it kind of went away. And now what Michelle Obama's been doing shows a new youthful style that is very refreshing but also practical for a young mother. I think it's just different; it is stylish in terms of what has to happen in Washington...