Word: companioner
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Parodies and caricatures, observed Aldous Huxley, are "the most penetrating of criticisms." These companion anthologies skewer English and American authors from Jonathan Swift (by Alexander Pope) to Raymond Chandler (by Woody Allen) with no tips on the foils...
...state and local governments, Colorado Republican Senator William Armstrong has introduced a "sodbuster bill" backed by the Reagan Administration and the Montana Stockgrowers Association, a group traditionally opposed to land-use controls. It would deny federal payments of any kind for crops grown on highly credible land. A companion bill is pending in the House. Local officials are also beginning to take action. A new law in Weld County, Colo., requires sodbusters to prepare a conservation plan and obtain a permit from the county commissioners. This spring Colorado strengthened an existing law that permits counties to enforce conservation measures...
...should beat a hasty retreat and pretend that he saw nothing. Mazzei warns that sex on business trips is particularly hazardous. "Some nighttime behavior at conventions can take on the look of a cheap bedroom farce." But if someone cannot restrain himself or herself, Mazzei advises bringing along a companion. Or, barring that, perhaps a good book...
...author tips his hat to Sir Arthur early on. The name of his medieval detective, William of Baskerville, is an echo of the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the 14th century context, William is a Franciscan friar, famed for his formidable powers of deduction. His companion and disciple is called Adso, or in French, Adson, as in the phrase "Elementary, my dear Adson...
...parcels, half a gram of heroin in each "nickel bag," were exchanged for $150. The dupes headed outside, into a circle of four waiting police officers. Winston Prude, 32, a lawyer, panicked and stuffed one of the nickel bags into his mouth; it was pried out by police. His companion, dressed in a suit, did nothing and said nothing. Both were charged with possession of heroin, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $10,000 fine, and promptly released on bail. According to Captain James Nestor, commander of Washington's narcotics squad, both...