Word: curts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Junior fullback Curt Oberg, a relative unknown in these parts, did most of the damage by rushing for a spectacular 155 yards in 24 carries. Oberg's one-yard at 6:25 of the third period put the home team in front to stay, and his 21-yard touchdown run late in the quarter catapulted the Big Green to an insurmountable 21-3 edge...
...Curt Smith Clinton...
...what one would call, in a pinch, charm." But Parker becomes impatient with endless faculty meetings, such as five sessions to discuss whether or not to install a toilet in the watchman's booth. At Harvard, they typed her as basically hostile, "a female Mencken." Her Cambridge curt speaking manner bugs the Bennington artsies; her demeanor comes across as aloof, cynical and supercilious. She says she wants to be "queen of the hop on a larger scale...
...week long Ford had gained stature mostly by doing nothing. His reaction to the frantic Reagan maneuvering had been low-key. Perhaps he had learned the old wisdom of Texan Sam Rayburn's curt advice: "The three most important words in the English language are 'wait a minute.'" Since his hasty pardon of Nixon, Ford has typically moved slowly, listened widely to advice and pushed steadily on, waiting for his adversaries to slip. Reagan did so last week. Ford just puffed on his pipe. He asked the S.O.S. and Chowder and Marching Club (Republican hail fellows from...
...confided in him that Attorney General John Mitchell had seemed curt, bothered and even hostile when answering our questions. Mondale inquired further: "Was he? Yes, things are tense right now. What did he say?" Not much, we told the senator; the attorney general mostly avoided saying anything and eventually stormed off flanked by two hulking, frowning guys in gray suits...