Word: worded
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...take Jacoby at his word and castigate those individuals who work for the monetary rewards of their work, would he also have us condemn a security guard or dining service worker or a janitor who works to make money...
Podesta is tightly coiled. He's moody. When word spreads around the White House that he's in one of his frequent foul humors, people like to say "Skippy" (as in evil twin) is in that day. He's allergic to the spotlight in a city where most people crave it. "I'm into the cult of nonpersonality," he once told the Washington Post, via a spokeswoman. His brother Tony, an outside adviser to Vice President Al Gore, says his brother's "real ambition is to open up a T-shirt store in Maui." All these traits would seem...
When Boris Yeltsin was too sick to go on a state visit to Austria last week, Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov quickly stepped in--in every sense of the word. Yeltsin's advancemen sketched out Primakov's arrival and departure; Yeltsin's chief of protocol arranged the state visits; and Yeltsin's personal interpreter did the German-to-Russian translating. The only things missing, a Moscow newspaper wagged, were Mrs. Yeltsin and a battery of doctors. Not to mention the gaffes, stumbles and truncated schedules. The Russian establishment reacted with relief. "It's so good to see the country represented...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but singers need more than one "hit" to justify a CD called "the greatest hits," with emphasis on the plurality in the word "hits." Albums like these lose their luster when one or two hit singles are surrounded by dance remixes and drivel from albums that weren't very good to begin with. A true "greatest hits" CD is a rare gem indeed these days...
Maybe it was the way her debut album jagged Little Pill gathered a small fan base in the early summer of 1995, building momentum through word-of-mouth until it rocketed to worldwide sales of 28 million. Maybe it was her media savvy--her ability to shun interviews and avoid overexposure, even though her record was promoted by Madonna-helmed Maverick Records...