Word: cluck
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Although negative political ads are as old as the Republic, commentators still cluck with disapproval each time the ads reappear, while candidates employ euphemisms to avoid using the N word. Television has made the strategy riskier. Because of the medium's power and unpredictable effects, candidates have been reluctant to use the small screen for political sallies. But the flurry of so-called comparative ads during last week's primary showed that restraint has been cast aside. The tone and character of much of the TV advertising for the rest of the primaries may be tough, accusatory, even mean...
Everyone kept clucking. An eternity of Red Sox failure. Generations cursed. Cluck, cluck...
...will continue indefinitely to act bonkers, save lives and refresh viewers' spirits. Radar will lose and find his Teddy bear and, maybe, lose his virginity. Klinger will show up in that cunning little chiffon number he bought in Seoul. Frank will fritter and whine and cluck like a chicken. B.J. will keep trying to prove he is not the most decent soul south of the 38th parallel. Winchester will open another picnic basket from Mater and savor caviar on a tongue depressor. Father Mulcahy will smile and sigh. Trapper will somehow keep his balance on that second-banana peel...
...catching scandal. Today, Boston residents who want their news served up with an eye to long-term significance, not short-term sensation, know they are down to one choice And for them, the morning newsstand routine of reaching for the Globe now also includes time out to cluck at the Herald...
...King is horrified by the "cattle call," an open audition at which nearly 3,000 players vie for fewer than 20 parts. He discovers a homosexual tryst in a packing crate, loses his grip when a chicken called Modine pecks its understudy to death and is replaced by Cluck Gable, and suffers a painful disorientation when he stands in for Leading Man Henderson Forsythe. The amateur actor drops his prop pistol, is smothered by a Texas flag and walks into a brass pole trying to exit. During a pantomime phone call, instead of staying in character, King mutters into...