Word: flopped
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...have it both ways: apply the boisterous tone to the tale of a bridegroom (Ben Stiller) who finds himself in the marriage from Hell and wants out. The movie earned only $14 million its first weekend, about half what the experts had predicted, and was the first big flop of the fall...
Dana Perino knows how to elicit a partisan response. In 1998 at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she trained her Hungarian hunting dog, Henry, to bark when asked, "Should Clinton go to jail?" He growls when you say, "Al Gore," and retrieves a flip-flop when you mention John Kerry. To those critics who say the White House press corps has been conditioned to respond meekly to the Bush Administration, such skills might seem to make her a fitting replacement for Tony Snow, who stepped down as White House press secretary on Sept. 14. But after just...
...have time to dress for success between their six hours of class a week. Leggings are an essential component to any outfit, allowing female concentrators to go without pants (frequently leading to the display of something resembling the toe of a certain hump-backed ungulate). Wearing oversized shirts that flop loosely the hips, these Shakespeare junkies are able to hide the stress weight that comes from having no job or applicable skills upon graduation. omputer Science/Mathematics/Physics Veterans of never-ending problem sets, these concentrators dress comfortably and in layers to mitigate Cabot Science Library’s fluctuating climates. Cargo...
...minutes.” Although he had several mentors, Greenbaum says he was effectively learning the craft on his own when he first tackled stand-up. “I would write out jokes that I could have sworn were hilarious, but when I got on stage, they would flop. It’s a horrible feeling,” Greenbaum says. “We sort of vet the jokes before they even hit the stage,” he adds. This is an unusual practice for stand-up comedy, which typically focuses on individual performance...
These are just the kind of fans the National Football League wants, and the kind that the World Wrestling Federation has been able to drag blindly into its new enterprise, the first major pro league to be launched since the three-season flop of the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-'80s. The XFL is a joint venture by the World Wrestling Federation and NBC that debuted last Saturday night. It is trying to sell itself as a more violent version of the NFL (no fair catches, taunting encouraged) with more sex (cheerleaders in revealing outfits), but that...