Word: barreled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they reinvented Godzilla. Instead of barrel legs that galumph through the Ginza, Godzilla now has runner's calves to sprint down Broadway. The lumpy, rubberized-corduroy look has given way to the towering if scaly athleticism pioneered by H.R. Giger's mantid man-eaters in the Alien series. And while the snub-nosed, micro-eared Godzilla of the '60s and '70s had a vaguely mammalian mien--appropriate for a creature whose Japanese name, Gojira, is an amalgam of kujira (whale) and gorira (gorilla)--the fin-de-siecle Godzilla has a crocodilian brow, iguana affectations, a T. Rex crouch...
...pickup truck, he pets his dog, leaves it in the cab and sets the vehicle on fire. Partly aflame, Jones runs into the highway he has commandeered. Pulling off his burning pants, he picks up a shotgun, places its butt against a wall, bends his head to the barrel and pulls the trigger. Live from L.A. The dog dies...
...Cambridge resident reported that at 10 a.m. on April 28, she made a purchase at a Brattle Street store, but she does not remember the clerk giving back her credit card. She was later informed that unknown persons had used this card to make purchases at Crate and Barrel and The Gap later that same...
...lines starting through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, running under the Caspian Sea to Baku, then through Georgia and Turkey to the Mediterranean. This elaborate scheme is not an easy sell. The long pipeline would cost about $4 billion to build and add up to $4 to the cost of each barrel of oil it carried. To many company executives, it seems easier to use the southern route through Iran or the northern route through Russia to the Black...
What Madonna is doing is this: for an hour an instructor leads a client through a volley of positions, both on the floor and on machines with names like the Cadillac and the Barrel. Repetitions are low, but concentration is intense. The stomach and butt squeeze, the legs and arms reach. Pilates promises that you'll feel better in 10 visits, look better in 20 and have a new body in 30. Those who try it say it's true. "I'm naked and standing in front of the mirror," reports Belle, who's done Pilates for a year...