Word: batted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well have been riding into the Valley of Death instead of invading the blustery pasture of America's crankiest ball park. The people who buy the tickets, whose taxes pay for the stadiums, who fantasize and fret over their team like anxious parents -- they are mighty Casey at the bat. All muscle, no magic. Strike three. You're out. Game's over. The fans...
...they're afraid of getting whooped," says Enirque Quiroz, 20, a hard-core member of the Latin Kings in Chicago. Quiroz, a lumbering fellow who has been shot at 12 times, jailed five times, sliced in the elbow and the chin and had his hands broken with a bat, is exactly the kind of guy who makes getting out so problematic. Although he acknowledges some qualms about cracking the heads of close friends who want out of the gang, he has a simple technique for dealing with his conscience. "I've never done it sober," he admits sheepishly. "Only time...
Some Boston stores are rising to the challenge, including just For Fun, the Sharper Image and Urban Outfitters. According to employees at Just for Fun, a toy store in Newbury Street, "anything can be dangerous, What about a baseball bat...
...vengeful kitten with a whip: "I am - Catwoman! Hear me roar!" Bruce and Selina are drawn to each other's worldly wise grace and the hint of hidden wounds. They are attracted by the fear of what they might find. And when they don their business suits, as Bat and Cat, the animal comes out. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde. Hansel and Grendel. Fatal Attraction meets Beauty and the Beast...
...active. No kissing there, only one good lick." It is the reverse of a fantasy like Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman goes into the store and shops; Catwoman goes in and whips off the heads of the mannequins. Julia Roberts tells Richard Gere she wants the fairy tale. Cat tells Bat, 'I would love to live with you forever in your castle, just like in a fairy tale. I just couldn't live with myself. So don't pretend this is a happy ending...