Word: woo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fitzgerald boomlet, the pronouncement's timing was curious and set off a round of political speculation. Some thought the abortion comment was an attempt to change the subject from the infidelity flap. Others believed that G.O.P. campaign officials were attempting to have it both ways by having Mrs. Bush woo independent and Republican women who find the party's pro-life platform unrealistic...
...York Post, one of the city's daily tabloids, knows how to get readers from among the 5000 delegates and 15,000 reporters here for the week. Beneath the headline, "Party Time!" in four-inch high letters yesterday is the sub-head for the real story: "Topless dancers woo the delegates." Pictures are included...
...raising a family, and two teenagers who have little on their minds except sex. The show's attitudes are hip, but the plot twists are strictly Donna Reed: in one episode, Mom advises 14-year-old Jesse that he ought to be more frank in trying to woo his girlfriend. When he goes too far, the girl's father shows up on their doorstep and punches (who else?) Jesse's dad in the mouth. A laugh track tinkles wanly in the background as if someone were too embarrassed to turn it up louder. As well they should...
...discontent" with the guttural fury of a drill sergeant, Sir Ian McKellen's Richard III is arrestingly cruel and humorless, all chill and absolutely no charm. Not for him the leisurely glories of the play's language or the seductions of direct address and droll comedy to woo an audience. In a role that can epitomize the concept of the villain one loves to hate, McKellen avoids anything lovable or even approachable. This production, which has won raves from London to Cairo to Tokyo and which opened a 16-week, six-city U.S. tour last week, is an unrelenting portrait...
...mate from, say, New Hampshire just to bring geographical balance to the ticket. He'd rather draft a can-do hero. Insiders say Colin Powell has been on his short list. But Perot's greatest ticket-building efforts so far, according to one report, have been spent trying to woo Desert Storm commander NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF. Frustrated voters would be likely to cheer Stormin' Norman as just the sort of guy who could help get things done in Washington. But Schwarzkopf, who reportedly has turned down Perot at least twice, regards the * Texan with dismay as a loose cannon. Besides...