Tim says he doesn't mind doing the cooking...but don't ask him to pick up anything at the mall.

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The producers don't ask him to be nasty, Lythgoe adds, but he does have standards to maintain.

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For instance, if a family friend knows the CEO of General Electric, don't ask him to write your recommendation.

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Why don't they ask him questions about what happened or didn't happen?

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And in terms of the White House reaching out to Senator Levin to ask him to delay the hearings on "don't ask, don't tell, " do you have any knowledge of that?

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By the next morning, Manzella's supervisor had reported him as having broken the law under "don't ask, don't tell, " the 1993 policy that prohibits anyone who "demonstrate(s) a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the U.S. military.

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