Word: anchorwoman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...article "!Viva Selena!" [CINEMA, March 24, 1997], we referred to a book called Selena's Secret by Univision anchorwoman Maria Celeste Arraras. The book reports the results of an investigation into Selena's murder. Although in the article TIME characterized Ms. Arraras as one of the "scavengers...circling" after Selena's death, we were unaware at the time that Ms. Arraras had pledged to donate all profits from her book to charity. We apologize for any misunderstanding...
...blithe assurance of someone who has never been told no. On her teeth is a little lipstick residue, like unlicked blood. She's got It, and she knows how to peddle it. In this small-town, pastel-pretty version of Network, Suzanne strides toward her dream job--anchorwoman--knowing but not caring that she is resented, even hated. "I always knew who I was and who I wanted to be," she says, scarily. "Always...
...physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities" has provoked an outcropping of frivolous lawsuits. In Indiana a customer filed a complaint against a restaurant because a waiter refused to carve the meat for the man's ailing mother. A Louisiana television anchorwoman sued for time off to receive fertility treatments. In each case, the charges were thrown out. What infuriates ADA advocates is that most of the 45,000 complaints filed over the past three years with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission have been brought by people citing types of disabilities--back...
...CONNIE CHUNG-KATHLEEN GINGRICH INCIDENT, in which the famous anchorwoman lured House Speaker Newt Gingrich's mother into revealing that he has called the First Lady a "bitch," raises a number of thought-provoking issues. Should Ms. Chung be redeployed from CBS to the CIA, in some department of interrogation and espionage? Should Bill let this incident mar his emerging romance with Newt? Should Mr. Gingrich be Speaker of anything, or should his mouth first be washed out with soap...
...emphasize his warm, gentle side, Quayle even sent a stuffed, presumably Republican, elephant to the child of the fictional TV anchorwoman as a gift. "Mr. Vice President, "observers implored, "it's TV Get a grip...