Word: tellingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...accept a $100 tip from a passenger (consensus: no) to an attendant's gripping first-person account of her first emergency landing. ("As I strapped myself into my jumpseat, I remember thinking that I was so glad that I had called my boyfriend earlier in the evening just to tell him that I love...
...usually do the trick. (Anyone want to hear another word from Richard Hatch?) But for Pete's sake, asking people to leave you alone is suicide. And be nice to your kids. J.D. Salinger is learning those lessons the hard way. Daughter MARGARET SALINGER'S Dream Catcher, the rare tell-all that does tell a lot, is expected to sell briskly when it hits stores on Wednesday. Among the Daddy Dearest revelations: J.D. experimented with Scientology, advised her to abort her baby, had a brief marriage to a Nazi and is now profoundly deaf. Margaret, 44, told the New York...
...tell your child not to be upset because Grandma gives her a wink and an envelope. If it's invested in a 529 plan, when it's time for college, that envelope will be worth a lot more than a Discman...
...tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us--most of the time--from inept drivers, hazardous products and shoddy professionals. In schools too, exams play a constructive role. They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new investments are likely to pay off. They tell teachers what their students have learned--and have not. They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age. They encourage students to exert more effort...
...Gore, good press relations are not crucial. Running on issues, he needs the press only to tell voters what he thinks. Bush, running on personality, needs the press to tell voters what he is like--and it better be a nice guy since that's at the core of his bid for the presidency...