Word: curious
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...anchor," "parlous," "jardiniere" as well as an occasional "zounds" or "sweet-patootie". A cultural sponge that oozes erudition and arcana, he recalls Yeats in the same breath that he expounds on an ancient tooth powder advertisement. No matter what guise he shows up in, Perelman's persona is a curious mixture of gallic pride, English cynicism, and mostly, Yiddish fatalism. He is a foil who ventures quixotically into the world and then returns, each time, to testify that it is far more looney than...
...Missouri, if crime does not pay, criminals will. Twenty-six dollars to be exact. Under a state law that went into effect last month, any person convicted of any crime is automatically required to pay $26 into a crime-victim compensation fund. The curious amount, which includes $1 to defray the court's collecting expenses, was chosen because it was considered a debt to society that almost any criminal could afford to pay. Supporters of the measure estimate that approximately $250,000 will be raised annually. Crime victims and survivors can collect a maximum of $10,000 for hospital...
EUREKA. Howabouta traditional values woman (sans hang-ups) in tune with the '80s. You'll find me warm, gentle, sensuous, capable. . . andgreatfun. I'm either beautiful or great looking (depending upon your taste), 41, 5 ft. 8 in., slim, blonde/blue, classy, smart, spiritually healthy and intellectually curious ... I'm a high achiever professionally and will refuse to compete with you . . . well-read . . . well-traveled...
...entrance of the third member of this curious mismatch, a woman named Rosie (Claudia Silver), perhaps inevitably banks some of the flames that have been building, despite Moore's somewhat strained attempt at creating a melodramatic entrance. Silver carries herself with an appropriate semi-toughness, but the part offers a little less room for maneuver than do the others, a little less sense of transcending the ordinary. There's only so much Silver can do with the almost stock character of a supposedly worldly-wise girl with a heart of gold...
...packages, which proved to be part of a curious campaign of what might be called environmental terrorism, were a protest against a government action that took place four decades ago. In 1941, fearful that the Germans might launch a series of airborne biological-warfare attacks against the civilian population, British authorities asked scientists at the Porton Down bacteriological research unit to conduct a series of experiments. The site: Gruinard Island, a bleak, uninhabited, 1½ mile-long patch of land that lies just 600 yds. off the west coast of northern Scotland. The tests were conducted with Bacillus anthracis, better...