Word: companioner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...resemblances to the former President and the House Speaker. The commercial is part of a $10 million advertising campaign, sponsored by the Republican Party, in which the G.O.P. points with pride to its accomplishments and views with alarm the legacy of its Democratic opponents as congressional elections approach. A companion ad shows a congressional elections approach. A companion ad shows a couple dusting off their camper and taking a vacation with friends now that inflation has eased. The ad's tag line: "Republicans are beginning to make things better...
...growth already seen and vaster growth still to come. Preachers of religion, on the other hand, sounded like hawkers, "businessmen of religion." And although Tocqueville found religious observance to be widespread, he judged faith to be shallow, like the belief of his ancestors in spring tonics. He and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, were supposed to be studying the penal system in the U.S., but in fact they did their best to see everything and talk to everyone. They were friendly observers who very much liked the 24-state nation they saw, despite the rawness of its manners...
...Senate committee released a summary of the uncovered FBI information late last week. It included allegations by an informant in Newark that Donovan, when he was executive vice president in charge of labor relations for Schiavone Construction Co., was a friend and traveling companion of New Jersey Gangster Salvatore ("Sally Bugs") Briguglio. The informant said Briguglio, in return for payoffs, gave Donovan information about low bids on Government construction contracts, which he learned of through Government contacts, so that Donovan could underbid. At his confirmation hearings, Donovan three times denied ever meeting Briguglio, the victim of a Mob execution...
...good guy is a dog, Max's gray-eyed mutt companion, fearless and faithful. Another one literally erupts out of the earth. This is Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries. This would-be gallant is given to abrupt whinnies and wistful meditations on the good old days: "Remember lingerie?" The refiners are led by Pappagallo (Mike Preston), who carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity, and Feral Kid (Emil Minty), an eight-year-old who growls...
LATE INNINGS: A BASEBALL COMPANION by Roger Angell Simon & Schuster; 429 pages...