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...best summer ever.” We made brochures. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: To the person who stole my Indonesian ritual bat kite from Cabot storage: You are scum. Give it back. Favorite childhood toy: This outrageously large and unwieldy Nerf gun called the Razorbeast. It fired 15 suction-cup darts in two seconds. Sexiest physical trait: Fabulous muscles. Favorite part about Harvard: Chocolate milk at every meal. Describe yourself in three words: World’s deadliest snake. In 15 minutes you are: Watching Jeepers Creepers 2 on VHS while...
...Guerrilla movements tend to form shaky governments; just look at the other end of the Indonesian archipelago, where East Timor is still mired in poverty and violence years after its hard-won independence. Yet Irwandi was never a gun-toting guerrilla. A veterinarian by training and a university lecturer by profession, he led a double life as an underground G.A.M. campaigner based in Banda Aceh. That, hopefully, has equipped him with the wiles to navigate Aceh's complex political and religious scene...
DIED. Charles Norwood, 65, crusty, tobacco-chewing dentist and seven-term Republican Congressman from Georgia who arrived in Washington as part of the '94 G.O.P. revolution; of cancer; in Augusta, Ga. A conservative's conservative--Norwood vehemently opposed gun control and immigration--he nevertheless spent much of his career advocating for patients' rights and fighting health-insurance companies for comprehensive coverage...
...though, as with many military rituals, is governed by strict procedures, and training time had to be devoted to mastering the steps. “We spent about an hour the Wednesday prior to the game,” Jimmy said, “just practicing our maneuvers and gun manual so I actually knew how to handle the weapon.” Yet there was far more to the event than drill practice. Remember, McKinney and ROTC took the initiative in arranging the presentation. “It’s nice to raise awareness that there are fellow...
Give the folks at NASA this much - they know how to close ranks. Astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak was arrested this week and charged with attempted murder after driving 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, Fla., allegedly carrying a knife, a BB gun, pepper spray, latex gloves and rubber tubing-wearing a diaper all the while so she wouldn't have to stop en route-and assaulting a romantic rival in a parking lot. After all that, NASA spokesman James Hartsfield assured the press: "Her status as an astronaut is currently unchanged." If crazy doesn't get you bumped from...