Word: donnybrooke
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...Kerry says, referring to the effort to change the current state law, which doesn't allow an interim appointment until the seat is filled with a special election early next year. But don't ask Kerry who will fill Kennedy's seat. "There'll be a spirited, classic Massachusetts donnybrook, and I will happily not get into the middle of it," he says with a laugh. Will he endorse anyone? "It's not my instinct right now. I've got a lot of friends who are thinking of running...
...social and collegial as spectators cheered on friends and dormmates; Duc P. Luu ’12 of Thayer was greeted with a rousing “Quack, Quack, Quack” from his cheering squad as he took the stage to successfully spell the word “donnybrook.” The words increased in obscurity and difficulty as the competition wore on, with more common words such as “retaliate” eventually giving way to lexicographical oddities such as “cummerbund,” which elicited giggles from the college-aged audience...
Fans of the feisty Gallic comic character Asterix have always loved the monumental brawls their hero regularly finds himself in. Few, however, are taking pleasure in the latest Asterix fight - an ugly donnybrook between the comic's illustrator Albert Uderzo and his daughter Sylvie over her accusation that Uderzo was sweet-talked into selling his beloved creation to crass business interests. Now father and daughter are locked in battle over the future of the diminutive Gaul - and the $15 million or so he generates every year...
...early '90s, he has turned out two slices of nasty trailer-park noir, Killer Joe and Bug; one spiritual-quest play with kinky twists, Man from Nebraska; and now, with August, a ferocious, giant-size family drama in which the gathering for Dad's funeral turns into a donnybrook of revelations, recriminations and extreme combat. It may be the best American play of the new century. It has snagged nearly every honor in sight, from the Pulitzer Prize to a likely haul at this weekend's Tony Awards...
...watching for, however. In March, for example, about 100 people gathered outside a Beijing mall to celebrate International Pillow Fight Day. Before the participants could begin whacking each other with pillows, several dozen police stopped the rumble - even following the group to another location and squelching a second attempted donnybrook. Even things considered safe at a children's slumber party can trip Beijing's increasingly taut security wires...