Word: bites
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...beware exaggerated claims for this amusing, one-note series. The working-class ambience doesn't have the authenticity of The Honeymooners or the bite of All in the Family. And Barr, a veteran of comedy clubs, grins at too many of her own jokes. With its surefire time period (following ABC's hit Who's the Boss?), the show stands a good chance of success, but the days of whine and Roseanne could soon grow tiresome...
...papa of gonzo is, of course, Hunter S. Thompson, who at 49 seems to have lost his bite. In his best-selling new book Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, the old anger has been replaced by a wistful snit, as if Lenny Bruce had lived long enough to turn into another Mort Sahl...
ALLENDE'S novel focuses on the story of Eva Luna, whose name, she says, means "I am life". A natural narrator, she tells us that she was conceived as part of a cure for a native Indian who was poisoned by a snake bite. As her parents are dead, her story centers on her life in the capital city, presumably Caracas, where she works as a domestic servant. Her only companions are her adopted grandmother, Elvira, who sleeps in a coffin every night to avoid spending extra money on a bed, and her godmother, whose head, Eva says, is addled...
...what made it better than anything from a more conventional Chinese restaurant was the atmosphere--orange plastic tables, linoleum floors, bring-your-own beer, the clatter and sizzle of the open kitchens. The people sitting next to us were so close, I felt like I should offer them a bite. After all, there was so much on the plate, I couldn't finish it myself...
...Houston to Kentucky last Tuesday morning, the Dukakis staff mulled over how to respond to Bush's substantive event for the day: a visit to a New Jersey flag factory. At Sasso's direction, a group of aides gathered at the front of the plane to concoct a sound bite that would contrast Bush's flag-draped photo opportunity with Dukakis' upcoming speech on universal health insurance. The winning jab: "I have a question for Mr. Bush: Don't you think it's about time you came out from behind the flag and told us what you intend...