Word: chickening
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...under your thumb looks wimpish. For them, how about the silent treatment or a bust in the chops? Thus Vernon Jordan gets a nickname (V.J.), whereas Jeffords barely gets a hello. Not for Jeffords a dinner in the private quarters or one of those coveted invitations to dine on chicken cacciatore and see the latest movie. Forget a call to the ranch...
...bunch of grocery items through the scanner to make it look like they use it all the time. Eager to accommodate, they did so at the urging of the pair of government minders who watch us from the next room. Raymond Tang confesses that he stuck a box of chicken-flavored crackers into the fridge the other day, without scanning it in at all. "It's a bit tedious to use," concedes his wife Ashley...
...under your thumb looks wimpish. For them, how about the silent treatment or a bust in the chops? Thus Vernon Jordan gets a nickname (V.J.), whereas Jeffords barely gets a hello. Not for Jeffords a dinner in the private quarters or one of those coveted invitations to dine on chicken cacciatore and see the latest movie. Forget a call to the ranch...
...narrative above and an illustration below. Campbell has a sketchy style that captures the essence of a moment through the expression of his line, rather than minute details. Sometimes these black and white pictures are metaphorical, as when Alan Moore, during his first burst of success, rides a crazed chicken, and some times more illustrative, as with the landlady who gets broccoli stuck in her teeth. These shaky lines vibrate with life...
...child care is inaccurate. Is a short-tempered mother better than a patient caregiver? Is an uninterested mother better than an involved father or grandparent? What nonsense! Mothers work for the same reason that fathers do: to earn a living to support their families. Reading of studies that sound Chicken Little alarms about the effects of day care only creates an additional burden on those of us who are trying to do the best we can for our families. LORAINE JONG Orinda, Calif...