Word: write
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...forward and accept responsibility for the $500 billion S&L debacle? Wait! Who's that dowdy Representative resigning her seat to atone for Congress's sins? Lacey Davenport, the heart-of-gold legislator from the glorious state of Doonesbury. The grande dame was swept back into office in a write-in campaign...
Most airline food is nothing to write home about. But Alaska Airlines is so confident that its cuisine soars above the competition's that the carrier is giving passengers a chance to convey their compliments to the chef face to face. Alaska's executive chef Wolfgang Erbe, in his pleated toque, has been strolling the aisles twice a month soliciting passengers' reactions to his food. Commuting between the 17 West Coast airport kitchens where Alaska's meals are prepared, Erbe says, "We want to promote the image of the airline as a moving dining room." With meals like poached salmon...
Bennett, eager to enhance his net worth, has a lucrative contract to write two books and a long list of high-paying speaking engagements for business audiences. As a recent incumbent of high federal office, Bennett could face restrictions on activities that might be construed as lobbying. To take plump fees from private industry while enjoying regular access to the Oval Office could easily create the appearance of impropriety. Though the party chairmanship pays $125,000 a year, Bennett said, "I didn't take a vow of poverty...
...SEARCH FOR SCARLETT II Margaret Mitchell refused to write a Gone With the Wind sequel, yet publishers were undeterred. In 1988 romance novelist Alexandra Ripley was selected to write the saga, but Warner Books, which paid $5 million for the rights, let the autumn 1990 publishing date slip...
...album shows off their diversity extravagantly and exuberantly. On previous albums, Farriss and Hutchence tended to write a given song in one particular style, but on X they've worked several styles into a single tune. The opening track, Suicide Blonde, starts off with a bluesy harmonica, then boots into a dance track that also rocks hard. By My Side has some suggestions of country, as well as overtones of a classic '40s-style saloon ballad. Says Farriss: "You've got to change musically...