Word: churlish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...individual rights and for law." It is a long view that includes his fascination with ancient Rome ("I can barely express my admiration for it") and the imperial record of the English. Their achievement calls forth some of his best bis: "Pretty terrific. It would be churlish to say otherwise. It would be foolish to say otherwise. It would be unhistorical to say otherwise...
...churlish Charlie Maier, Harvard's new chief enforcer...
...city limits." The magazine is already available in 26 cities coast to coast, and the staff is working up a pilot for a possible half-hour series next fall on ABC. Meantime, there are growing indications that Spy is drawing blood from its target audience. A flack for the "churlish dwarf billionaire" Laurence Tisch was moved to call the editorial offices and point out, "Look, Larry is not technically, medically, a dwarf." Next issue, the technicality was duly noted, with appropriate sarcasm. Spy is not the kind of magazine ever to get , hung up on a technical foul...
Mario Cuomo. He won re-election as New York State's Governor with a record- breaking 65% landslide, winning among all types of voters. Yet it was hardly an edifying performance. He seemed churlish about avoiding debates with a feeble G.O.P. challenger and lifted nary a finger for the rest of his ticket. Cuomo lost some of his luster among insiders and could face problems nationally if he continues to raise doubts about his temperament...
Considering that there are 143 shapes available in the Gerardo di Nola catalog, it seems almost churlish to ask Ronza if others are ever made. His answer is to refer to the catalog of the Capitano company, manufacturers of the pasta dies, costing as much as $1,000 apiece, that are used in the industry. There for the ordering are 425 variations on the pasta theme, not only alternative sizes of current shapes, but vanished, not-quite-forgotten birds, animals, man-in-the-moon-profile crescents, tiny notched wheels that look like watch gears and a variety of other small...