Word: lads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong youthful ragtag army of fans, feared throughout the Continent, loose in the land of cheap vino. They spilled from bar doorways and windows and gathered to taunt the restrained but ready Spanish police before England's match with France two weeks ago. England won, 3-1. One lad slurred: "These here cops are wankers. Our boys'll have 'em right on." But so far the Spanish authorities have kept the situation under control...
...head may come loose, sprout insect legs and toddle off across the floor. Designer Rob Bottin's work is novel and unforgettable, but since it exists in a near vacuum emotionally, it becomes too domineering dramatically and something of an exercise in abstract art. The weird lad down the block, the one who is always fooling around with his chemistry set, will love The Thing. The rest of the neighborhood is likely to find it more of a squeamer than a screamer. - Richard Schickel
When the crucial vote was over, the House chamber broke into weary applause. Not great cheers, because few members were truly enthusiastic about the fiscal 1983 budget that lad finally been adopted. But Republicans were pleased that they had fulfilled President Reagan's plan to cut deeply into domestic spending while allowing for a defense buildup and a reduction in federal taxes. And many Democrats joined in the ovation, out of relief that the lingering issue had at last been resolved. The final tally...
...once by the physician at ringside. In the 90° desert heat, aggravated by the television lights, both men sprayed sweat like revolving lawn sprinklers. Holmes, 6 ft. 3 in. and 212½ lbs., and Cooney, 6 ft. 6 in. and 225½ lbs., looked equally fit. Cooney, who lad never before been required to answer a bell for a ninth round, displayed more stamina than even he expected. Afterward he admitted, "When you constantly hear people talking about going the distance, going the distance, you can't help but wonder about it. I learned a lesson: next time...
...this end, Grease 2 has assembled bloodless pastiches of 20-year-old pop music, reduced antique dance styles to their simplest components, ignored the authentic texture of language, manners and style except for their most obvious elements. The story is of the same cali ber: Michael, an English lad (Maxwell Caulfield), falls in love with Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer), leader of the T-Birds' hangers-on, the Pink Ladies. Her heart, however, does wheelies for him only when he dresses up as a mysteriously masked motorcyclist, a sort of Lone Ranger on a hawg. He does not reveal his true...