Word: horning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...paddle steamer with high, spindly funnels lies composedly beached in a red desert. Saplings enclose it; years ago the river vanished. From a circus cage on wheels, a bearded paterfamilias glowers, serenaded by a man in tails (on cornet), a bus boy (French horn), a girl in evening dress (violin), and a child perched in a potted shrub, tapping on a drum. A scattering of vacant chairs inhabiting an empty, silent landscape marks the spot where a party died. Philip C. Curtis, 63, is possibly the only Surrealist now living in Arizona. But Surrealism is a term he uses "quietly...
...Before the regatta we were worried because the races were held in the Naval Academy's 14,foot Skipjack Class sloops," coach Mike Horn said. "Not all of the girls had experience with this type of rig, and we were afraid they might have some trouble adjusting...
...Horn coaches both the Harvard and Radcliffe sailing teams, who practice at the same time, and his wife. Nancy, a former Radcliffe sailor, helps tutor the Cliffies...
...Robbie is aggressive enough to be a good sailor, and he has the confidence," Harvard sailing coach Mike Horn said last night. "These are the two things it takes to win; you just can't go out and round the buoys," he added...
...liar and a fraud at times, as well as a man sometimes given to self-dramatization. But he was also at times ruthlessly, brilliantly objective. No one will ever know for sure whether poor Crowhurst was right or wrong when he decided that he could neither weather the Horn nor carry his fraud to a successful conclusion. · Peter Swerdloff