Word: pestering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smart as he thinks. Sebulba, Anakin's rival in the Podrace, walks on his hands and throttles rivals with his feet. "George said, 'Think of a spider crossed with an orangutan crossed with a sloth,'" recalls Rob Coleman, the film's animation director. Coleman would pester Lucas for backstory on obscure creatures like Sebulba, "but I've never been able to stump him. He marinates in this world...
...whole idea. We come by the hundreds, thousands, in tank tops and flip-flops, to see where Webster debated and wars were declared and National Mushroom Month was inscribed onto the nation's calendar. Boy Scouts pose for pictures, senior citizens wear buttons and troll for a Congressman to pester, Pentecostal pilgrims deliver copies of the Ten Commandments and pray outside on the lawn, heavyweight champs and movie stars with a cause and CEOs come to call and oh, yes--the lawmakers themselves can walk the halls unmolested because no one really recognizes them unless they have a ribbon...
...Perhaps they might also be encouraged to stay at home when Jiang arrives, rather than pester him with those embarrassing "remember Tiananmen Square!" placards. Especially if Jiang follows through on a vague promise that his country would place a $2 billion order for 30 Boeing planes during his visit. Did someone say 'Most Favored Nation...
...fans. Unfortunately, Baiul thought she could enter the pros and coast. What she must do--after her back is completely healed, of course--is go back to the gym, get on the ice and work hard. She has to realize that life is not all fun and games. KARA PESTER Modesto, California...
Last week, sitting in what is probably his favorite spot in the world--the narrow balcony between his office and the Senate floor, a place where no voters can pester him, where no one can ask him why he lacks vision--Dole turned his perpetually tanned face to the late winter sun and did what comes naturally: he talked shop. From his lap he plucked a neatly folded piece of paper and ticked off a list of bills. Farm bill. "Have to do that." Line-item veto. "That's something they [the Democrats] want." Small-business regulatory reform. "That...