Word: chews
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Where are the finds of the future? The list of places to look is long, but expectations are limited. Almost no oil geologist expects that a drill bit will some day chew into another Kuwait or Spindletop. Only in the Soviet Union, China and the Middle East are there untapped onshore areas that bear the geologic marks of major potential reserves, and even new strikes in the Middle East are expected to be less sensational than the discoveries of earlier drillings...
Anne Meara manages to chew gum and act at the same time as a Gerald Ford figure; her role is amusing, but it fits poorly into the narrative. Playing Kissinger with a Greek accent, Melina Mercouri advises Jackson from abroad, using a portable phone to check on the abbess' progress. It is funny once or twice, but not as a running gag. Still, there are few problems with the acting save the occasional air of embarrassment from the nuns who deliver the poorest lines...
...subsequent Allen films, Sleeper and Love and Death. Aside from the mutual jitters, it was a case of opposites attracting: he was a stereotypical New Yorker and she was a model Southern Californian. "When I first met her," Allen remembers, "she was a real hayseed, the kind who would chew eight sticks of gum at a time. I talked to her on the phone once when she was in California, and she was about to drive to the supermarket-which was across the street, literally." Allen pauses and then emphasizes his point: "Very California...
...stuff about his being perfect is simply not true. No way. Rumor has it around Hemenway Gym that he can't hit a drop shot and chew bubble gum at the same time...
...that Loyal Park allowed only a select group of talented chewers to chew tobacco on the baseball team...