Word: furiousness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hodgepodge. The confrontations among other materials are just as sharp and furious. Long-lasting and easy-to-install copper tubing had just won a victory over galvanized pipe for plumbing when along came cheaper plastic piping. Steel has joined battle with wood over the load-bearing structural parts of the home. Wood and aluminum are wrestling for the right to be in window frames; steel and aluminum are fighting over outside door frames and sills. Gypsum board for interior walls has proved cheaper and faster to install than wet plaster, but it now has challengers in plywood finished...
...evil magician. He and his followers (the elephant man, the Negro, the girl) break up the act of Magnus and his Living Marionettes by entering the tent to brush the shoes of all the children in the audience. The Living Marionettes are hauled down from their harnesses; Magnus is furious...
...Fidel's allies. After living abroad for years, Rodriguez was virtually ordered back to Cuba by Castro's men, placed on trial on the old charges last month. But during the trial, damaging rumors spread that other high party officials had sought to cover up for Rodriguez. Furious, Castro ordered another trial, insisting that "pseudo-revolutionaries" must be taught a lesson. Then he took the stand himself and ranted for nearly five hours against Rodriguez and anyone who had helped...
Singing Actress. At this point, she had no interest in her innate comic abilities. "She was furious when the other students laughed," remembers Rill. "I kept telling her she had to develop what she had and not try to be somebody else. She would make it clear that my role was to make her into a tragic muse." She had no intention of becoming a singer either, but one day she heard about a remunerative amateur contest at a little Village binlet called The Lion. Learning A Sleepin' Bee, she sang it and resoundingly defeated a light-opera singer...
...Juan. The fishing more than made up for the hardship. One of the world's ten top gamefish, the tarpon is a jumping fool that often runs well over 100 Ibs., can snap a line almost at will or make a reel smoke with his furious runs. Experienced fishermen count themselves lucky to boat one out of every ten tarpon they hook into. In three short days at Colorado, contestants boated 102 fish...