Word: boning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other words, the Camelot garage sale has nothing of historical significance in it. Even the famed rocking chair, factory-made in North Carolina not so long ago, turns out--like the leg bone of St. Mark or the Holy Prepuce--to exist in at least two versions, one at the start of the auction and one, to catch the laggards, at the end; and there is no way to know which one the presidential backside spent more time in. Quite right too. Only aura will count with the bidders...
...true that the temptation to use food as a political symbol is bred in the bone. William Henry Harrison won the presidency by calling himself "the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider." Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs to the King and Queen of England...
That might not seem unique in a genre that tries to put a pang in every twang. It's true: misery loves country. But Loveless has a purity, a disdain for emotional compromise, that sets her above the standard ingratiators. Since her early hits (Jealous Bone, I'm That Kind of Girl), her voice and choice of material have matured; she's grown up in public. Another coal miner's daughter, Patty is a cousin of Loretta Lynn's--like about half of the singing South. But her true musical kin is Tammy Wynette, country's calamity queen. Like...
...suicide case returned a verdict of not guilty on two counts of assisted suicide in the deaths of two terminally ill patients. Kevorkian was charged with assisting the suicides of Merian Frederick, 72 and Dr. Ali Khalili, 61. Frederick had Lou Gehrig's disease, and Khalili was dying of bone cancer. The two ended their lives inhaling carbon monoxide through a mask in a Detroit apartment provided by controversial doctor. Kevorkian's second acquittal in two years saved him from possible sentences of up to four years on each of the two counts.China Threatens TaiwanTAIWAN: In a move calculated...
Ever wonder about what goes into the making of a movie? You can get the inside scoop in "Four Dogs and a Bone," the latest project of The Harrison Project theatre company. The play follows the painfully funny dog-fights between a producer, writer and two actresses as they wrestle for control of a film...