Word: harpooner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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McCarthy strives hard to do for cowpunching what Melville did for whaling: describe in documentary detail how the job is done. Similarly, his Ishmaels on horseback try to harpoon the mysteries of an indifferent universe. Of course they fail, but at least they don't end up talking like cafe philosophers. That role falls to an old Mexican who is trundled out in an epilogue to vaporize about death, dreams and history...
...nonpartisan, I am the Queen of the Nile. He's on a mission. To him it is irrelevant that the economy is healthy and the majority of Americans are happy with the job performance of their elected President. Starr is acting like Captain Ahab. He should pick up his harpoon and head out to sea. Enough already! I voted for a President, not a husband. CAROL FAUBERT Alpharetta...
Weld undertook a much-bally-hooed bus trip through Worcester, Fall River, New Bedford and Attelboro before watching the Patriots harpoon the Dolphins 42-23. He also shook hands with fans in the men's restroom at Foxboro Stadium...
Charlie's caters to beer connoisseurs, offering ales such as seasonal Sam Adams Oktoberfest and Harpoon Indian Pale...
...newly dubbed "Irish Harpoon" left a wake of doubt and innuendo. Until she doused the competition last week, the diminutive Smith--5 ft. 3 in., 128 lbs.--was not ranked among the world's top-20 swimmers in any of the three races she won. Moreover, her extraordinary surge comes at an age when most swimmers are ready to retire. So while Ireland's pubs were staying open all night to celebrate their first female gold medalist in Olympic history, the green-eyed blond with the pixie smile was fending off a barrage of questions as to whether her dramatically...