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...wartime veterans dominated by Deng Xiaoping. He does not hold China's highest titles (he is chairman of both the party and government military commissions), but there is no doubt that he is the "para mount leader." Deng is a tiny man (approximately 5 ft. tall), half elf, half gunman; at 79 he is China's foremost pragmatist and is engagingly candid. A brilliant youngster who graduated from high school at 15, he went off to France after World War I as a student. There he met Chou En-lai (of whom Deng said recently, "I regarded...
...pointy boots. "I believe we haven't met," he said, calmly dusting his hands off before clapping us each on a shoulder. "Lenny here is deceiving you a bit. That's no Death's Angels hat he's wearing--he's my newest lab assistant Sometimes called an elf...
...gentle space elf who at first glance seems as homely as a turtle without its shell yet eventually proves as beautiful as an enchanted frog, must find a rescuer. And the rescuer must be a child, whose Galahad strength only E.T. and the moviegoer can immediately discern. The child is Elliott (Henry Thomas), a thin, quiet, wise-faced lad of ten who makes initial contact in a time-honored American fashion: by playing catch with a softball. With the help of his older brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and younger sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore), Elliott must battle the elements and some...
When the Dutch settled New York, they brought with them the legend of an annually reappearing St. Nicholas, whom they called Sinterklaas. But it was not until the 19th century in New York City that this tall saintly bishop was recast as the jovial elf complete with sleigh and reindeer. The transformation, the result of one poem and one illustration, was the work of two unlikely men: a serious classical scholar and a political cartoonist...
...They say they're tired of wearing little elf suits and funny hats. I say the outfits add atmosphere to this awful, boring place. They also want to be called 'recreational engineers.' Where's the charm in that? And they don't want to work on holidays. Do they think I enjoy flying around on Christmas...