Word: homespun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...physical therapist. They had long been planning to leave on Oct. 15 for a trip to Ireland. "Should we do this?" they asked each other. But Lynch rarely took long vacations, and he was especially reluctant to cancel this one. Though his roots are as Irish as homespun Donegal tweed, he had never been to the home of his ancestors. Besides, could an avid golfer who shoots in the low 70s pass up a chance to visit the country that, in his estimation, boasts six of the 25 best courses outside the U.S.? So Lynch packed his bags and left...
They look like the scrawny camp followers of a medieval army as they gather under a huge bluff called Dongordo. The earth is boiled beige, with hardly a blade of green. There are nearly 7,000 of them, and they began assembling here long before dawn. Dressed in ragged homespun cotton and wrapped in long shawls called netela, they come in entire families, grandfathers and grandchildren. The men hold herding sticks; the women carry babies bound to their backs with cloth. And then there are the youngsters, some of them naked and with their heads shaved except for a single...
Fortunately, Extreme is spared a place in the fascist hall of fame by its own sheer stupidity. Characters constantly spew out little homespun bits of wisdom that are supposed to show how in touch with the real world they are but actually reveal how completely distant they are from even the most generous definition of sanity. Are we supposed to take Rip Torn seriously when he explains that "the federal government is nothing but a bunch of child molesters"? It is the saving grace of Extreme that even if we're supposed to accept these epigrams, we don't have...
Confronted with Democratic majorities in Congress and the still unresolved Iran scandal, the President resorts to familiar themes from his glory days. -- Capitol Hill' s new Democratic leaders offer a homespun rebuttal. -- A Senate investigation uncovers "real disarray" in the White House over Iran. -- Small private groups are finding creative solutions to the nation' s housing crisis...
Khashoggi's flamboyant life-style, besides gratifying his own inclinations, is a calculated element in his way of doing business. "Flowers and light attract nightingales and butterflies," he says, a metaphor he prefers to the more homespun "catching flies with honey." As a schoolboy in Egypt, he would earn $100, save half and use the rest to throw a party. He would be broke the next week, but, he says, "I would make a good impression, and all week everyone would invite me over." Some 15 years ago, he chartered a yacht and sailed to Sardinia, docking it between Aristotle...