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...down negotiating concessions for lawmakers on other committees and failed to officially submit the treaty until last week. Hollings declared that he would invoke his right, as Commerce chairman, to delay consideration in the Senate for 45 days. Senate majority leader George Mitchell responded by scheduling a special lame-duck session for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Leaders of both parties say they have the votes for GATT to pass today, but that could change over the next two months...
...true devotees of deja voodoo, the golden age was the '50s. Survivors of that era rise from their golf carts and shout, "We don't need no stinkin' Woodstock! And Watergate nostalgia is for wonks! Listen, pal, I was a teenage teenager. I want the '50s -- Ike, Mad, duck and cover, the birth of rock 'n' roll. And films about teens in turmoil -- the cheaper and grungier the better...
Still, Polyakov's handlers found him an odd duck. He would not accept much money: no more than $3,000 a year, conveyed mostly in the form of Black & Decker power tools, a pair of work overalls, fishing gear and shotguns. He asked for a lot of trinkets such as lighters and pens, which he gave to other GRU officers who did him favors. Unlike most Soviet officers known to the FBI and CIA, he drank and smoked little and was faithful to his wife...
Avery (1907-80) had directed cartoons at Warner Bros., where he helped create Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, but he hit his stride at MGM. From 1942 to 1955 he made 65 short films there, 16 of them starring Droopy, a dyspeptic dog. Because most of his cartoons featured a generic menagerie, Avery was not so widely known as Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett, who did Bugs and Daffy star vehicles at Warners. (Four Avery Screwball Classics cassettes are available in video stores.) In France, however, he is an icon. French publishers have issued at least four lavish books...
...unlike Sandler, Brendan Fraser ("School Ties" and "With Honors") is pathetic as lead singer Chazz. He does not look like a lead singer, he does not act like a lead singer and he never actually lead sings. And like I always say, if it doesn't waddle like a duck, quack like a duck and stink like a duck, then it is not a duck...