Word: booing
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...films Ismail Merchant made with director James Ivory in 44 years?they shared a line in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most enduring movie partnership?were stately endeavors, with nary a monster shouting Boo! to frighten the children. But Merchant's death in London last week at 68, after an ulcer burst in his abdomen, was a shock to the international film community. A genial friend had left life's banquet much too early...
Although these names are all annoying, your problem hasn’t reached dangerous levels until he uses one of the following: Bambi, Poochie, Boo Boo, Bun Buns, Cutie Patootie, or Sugar Muffin. The biggest gaffe of all, of course, would be if he took heed of the President’s daughters’ revelation at this year’s Republican Convention that their parents call each other “Bushy.” Although this name may endearingly refer to their famous last name, I would go out on a limb and say it?...
...bubble-eyed but eschewing dark glasses, Hagler shrugged, "I'm used to bumps and bruises. I love a good fight." His daughter Charelle, 3, observed, "Daddy, you got a boo-boo, huh?" He laughed at that. "She's so honest." So is he, brutally. "Tommy was very cocky, and I had something for him. This is what you call a sweet victory. I wanted to do it better than Leonard. Tommy predicted the third round: that was the prize. I done did what I had to do. I'm not a politician. I'm a fighter." The next morning, touching...
...mall. Women soon flocked there to buy sonogram videos and pictures made strictly for keepsake purposes. Hansen has since sold his stake in Fetal Fotos, but the business is booming with a dozen outlets across the country and a host of imitators with cutesy names like Peek-a-Boo Ultrasounds and Womb with a View...
...very skilled first novel, a book full of deep feeling rendered with light, sure strokes. It's also one more variation, but a lovely one, on a very old story form, the sensitive heart trapped in a monster's body. Think of Beauty and the Beast or Boo Radley, the well-meaning neighborhood oddity in To Kill a Mockingbird...