Word: wilhelmina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...former public affairs aide (now retired), who was the first to come forward and who testified that McKinney propositioned her in her hotel room during a 1996 Army trip to Hawaii, shook her head in disgust. McKinney stood rigidly at attention, betraying no emotion. Behind him, his wife Wilhelmina wept, mouthing the words "Yes, yes, yes" at the string of "not guiltys," then "Oh, no" at the lone conviction...
...Rebecca Lobo in the last seconds. Lobo may be the biggest star in the W.N.B.A., but she's not the only one. In Phoenix, there's Australian Michele Timms, the guard known as Tank Girl for her spiked blond hair and aggressive play. And there's Lisa Leslie, the Wilhelmina model who plays center for the Sparks. And Sheryl Swoopes, who's expected to join the Houston Comets soon, now that she has given birth to a boy named Jordan after youknowwho...
...Harry Truman that demolished the interior of the White House, even the walls are 20th century. The mattress is no treat; the furniture is lugubrious Victorian; and for good measure the place is supposed to be haunted. Winston Churchill is said to have sighted Lincoln's ghost. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reported an ectoplasm in a stovepipe hat. Bill Clinton thought he saw some easy dollars. He must have been mistaken. They weren't that easy after...
...becomes her role model. "I loved James," she says, "because he was the player other players would go to when they needed a basket." Senior year in high school she scores 101 points in one game. In a single half. She learns how to dunk. She is signed by Wilhelmina Models. She is named to the U.S. Olympic team. And now Lisa Leslie is a role model...
While the scheme does not actually transfer land, it gives workers part ownership of a very profitable venture. Wilhelmina Visser, whose three sisters and husband also work on the farm, says, "The past gave us nothing. Now we have something to put into our future." Farmer Hall calls it a "win-win situation. The workers have a sense of security, and the farm benefits by loyalty, job satisfaction and greater productivity." In the orchards, women pickers affectionately call him oupa -- grandfather -- behind his back...