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...amonga!"), a parrot, a Mexican ("What's your name?" "Sy." "Sy?" "Si"), and the choleric Professor LeBlanc, Jack's violin teacher: "Meester Be-nee, could I have some water, please?" "Water? Yes. There's some in the cooler down the hall." "That ees not enough. I would like to drown myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Toontownie That's Not All Folks! | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

...Administration's antidrug efforts as ill conceived and poorly executed. When Attorney General Edwin Meese appeared before the group to defend the Administration's record, the mayors were not impressed. "All you're doing is putting a lot of fingers in the dike that is about to collapse and drown us in the trenches," fumed Mayor Joseph Daddona of Allentown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids Who Sell Crack | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...scorpion responds, "That'd be silly because if I stung you and you died, I'd drown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan: Senate May Impede Arms Talks | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

Cleveland (61-101, AL East, seventh): Bill Caudill, Greg Harris and Bill Laskey--what a pitching trio. Joe Carter and Brook Jacoby (.300, 32 HR, 69 RBI) can both hit 70 homers and the Tribe would still drown in Lake Erie. Best player: Carter...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Guide to the 1988 Baseball Season | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...course, nothing tops Lynah Rink for crowd crudity and enthusiasm. Chickens are tied to goalposts between periods. Strange--often tasteless--objects are thrown on the ice during play. And the noise level would drown out the Concorde...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In the ECAC, Rinks to Rile You Up | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

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