Word: duels
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
America tones down the camp (barely) of the Japanese original while retaining the premise: two chefs duel using one theme ingredient. It's true that the show finishes the job of turning star chefs into pro wrestlers. But then theater is a big reason people eat out--or stay home to watch people cook...
...blocks" commercial, hastily put together for the Committee for a Strong Peaceful America by Democratic Media Merlin Robert Squier, was created to deflect the impact of the first ad. These two commercials are merely the first and most publicized round in the great Star Wars Public Relations War, a duel of imagery that is bound to escalate even faster than the arms race...
Distantly related to Aaron Burr, who was Thomas Jefferson's Vice President when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, the People Express chairman was a brash achiever from the start. His father was an M.I.T.-trained engineer and his mother a social worker, and young Burr remembers going to the neighborhood drugstore to admire not only its candy counter but also the proprietor's efficient storekeeping methods. In high school Burr sang in the barbershop quartet and played saxophone in the band. He went in for varsity soccer, basketball and baseball, and proceeded straight to the expert slope...
...Game 1, junior Frank Herrmann faced off against Bulldog starter Alec Smith in what quickly became a pitcher’s duel. Through the first five innings, Harvard and Yale combined for only four hits. But finally, in the sixth, the middle of the lineup got it done...
...moment, an initial duel appears to be shaping up between Germany's Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Italy's Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi. The former Archbishop of Munich, who for the past 23 years was Pope John Paul II's doctrinal watchdog, is being promoted by a swath of electors attracted to his traditional views, intellectual acuity and his knowledge of the Roman Curia. Once considered something of a firebrand, he is now seen by many as an ideal pick to carry out a "transitional" papacy after the 26-year reign of Wojtyla. Tomorrow is Ratzinger's birthday: He turns 78. Whether...