Word: chico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Duck? divides a genre into four cavorters: Zeppo, once charitably labeled the Good Looking One; Harpo, Rumpelstiltskin with mild satyriasis; Chico, the Italian Defamation League; and the great, nay immoral Groucho. Under his pun-fulfilled guidance the boys carom delightfully from the primitive surrealism of The Cocoanuts on beyond that neglected antiwar pageant Duck Soup, to the classic double bill, A Day At The Races and A Night At The Opera...
...Chico: What...
...Chico: Suppose they don't believe...
Look to the Rainbow. Before the Bay of Pigs assault began in 1961, Radio Swan beamed coded messages like "Look well at the rainbow. The fish will rise very soon. Chico is in the house. Visit him." After the attack failed, Swan was gradually phased out of the spook business and used instead for weather reports and sending navigation signals. The U.S. eventually decided that the islands could be safely given away. For Honduras, which has claimed them since 1923, Swan has long been a symbol of Yankee imperialism. In 1961 a boatload of students sailed out to plant...
First of all, Outfielder Alex Johnson claimed that Teammate Chico Ruiz pulled a gun on him in the clubhouse. Chico answered that he doesn't own even a cap pistol, much less a .38. Then Los Angeles Times Columnist John Hall revealed that at least three players have been "carrying guns and several others are known to have hidden knives-to use as protection in case of fights among themselves." Hall went on to report that several Angels openly considered ailing Outfielder Tony Conigliaro "a malingering misfit." Recently, they are said to have shown their contempt by laying Tony...