Word: helluva
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With his ornate cane, his velvet clothes, his rich Englishman's air of snootiness, Rivington's manner alone would have made him a hate object for 1773's scruffy liberal patriots. But he was also a helluva writer, and his witty barbs and protective air toward the Tory community drove the patriots to hysteria...
Breslin was in town this week, drumming up support for his latest novel, World Without End, Amen. He was autographing copies of the book at the Coop. Before he took his stint on the ballpoint shift, I got on the Breslin firetruck. It was a helluva ride...
...comes out. The fast-talk New Yorker conceals it assiduously. But it is there, and it explains the curious compassion that runs through Breslin's work. He's a tough guy, he writes strong, crude, simple prose. He likes it that way. But underneath....well.... Jimmy Breslin is a helluva firetruck ride. And it's worth hanging on to see what's under the hood...
...classification "noforn," meaning that no foreign national may see them. One of the documents also contains explicit instructions that German secret-service authorities not be informed of a particular spy mission. Senator Weicker's comment on the murky episode was terse. "Somebody," he said, "has got a helluva lot of explaining...
...Lincoln, our pitching coach, makes my job a lot easier. He's really done a helluva job." So spoke Crimson baseball mentor Loyal Park after Lincoln and his bullpen came through with a big save, preserving a 6-2 Harvard victory against Boston College in a marathon three hour game yesterday...