Word: wowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chance to rub shoulders with Newt, Bob and Jack isn't worth sticking it out at the Republican convention any longer. The Nightline host is heading home, claiming that amid the puffery and made-for-TV grandstanding, there just isn't any news to cover at the GOP pow-wow. Koppel is taking most of his crew along, and says he won't bother even showing up at the Democratic Convention. "This convention is more of an infomercial than a news event," Koppel said at the end of his broadcast Tuesday night. "Nothing surprising has happened. Nothing surprising is anticipated...
Lamm, unlike his rival, has managed to lasso a running mate: former two-term G.O.P. Congressman from Silicon Valley and high-tech executive Ed Zschau. Zschau (rhymes with wow), a Stanford-trained physicist who started his own computer business before entering Congress, has said Lamm's campaign should be "inspired chaos." His scientific analysis is already on target. Lamm has raised only about $100,000 and is not going to entice many new supporters with sound bites like this: "America is like the drunk who's looking for his keys under the streetlight even though he lost them down...
...idle rich (well, Emma's not that idle) such as archery equipment is one thing, but showing what are apparently fishbowls as part of the outdoor luxury goes a bit far. It's as if we're seeing the result of McGrath's reactions to the book ("Wow, how outrageous it all is! Get me rewrite!") rather than any nuanced depiction of the world itself...
...week progressed, attention shifted back to swimming's newest stars: three American teenagers. "I was so excited, I was, like 'Wow!'" declared Baltimorean Beth Botsford, 15, after striking gold in the 100-m backstroke. Brooke Bennett, a 16-year-old Floridian, won the 800-m freestyle, leaving a tearful Janet Evans, the queen of long-distance swimming, in sixth place. The youngest U.S. medalist, California's Amanda Beard, 14--who had her parents bring her teddy bear to the stands--captured two individual silvers in the breaststroke and a relay gold...
...simple explanation for theme mania is that the why factor is overwhelmed by the who and the wow! factors. Stardust, glitz and fantasy are worth the wait. It is entertainment for the price of a burger. Elaborates Tim Zagat, publisher of the Zagat restaurant guides, which rate restaurants in 25 American cities: "The food doesn't have to be all that good, as long as it doesn't poison you. You go because you are interested...