Word: looney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forman and Dawson battled through a scoreless seventh, aided by circus catches by centerfielders McConaghy for the Crimson and Eddie Looney for Boston College. But after Forman set the side down in order, Eagle Coach Moe Maloney was forced to turn to his bullpen, setting the stage for McConaghy's game-breaking round-tripper, his second of the season...
...fashion journalists and retailers from Kansas City to Kuwait milled about. Suddenly, without fanfare, a man in cut-off overalls, a ponytail and phosphorescent orange hightops strolled onto an enclosed runway and slowly spray-painted a huge red heart on a white backdrop. With the exaggerated staginess of a Looney Tune, he turned to the audience, pressed a finger to his lips, as if to say "Shhh!" and tiptoed out. Only then did thumping rock music explode, spotlights ignite and towering models burst onto the runway in kaleidoscopic color...
...these blustery mike-men and the looney callers are exceptions rather than the rule on the air-waves. In an age where politicians and the exorbitantly paid television anchors who cover them seem to have more in common with each other than with the public, talk radio provides an open forum, a marketplace of ideas, where citizens of all political backgrounds can voice their opinions...
...Joan Looney, the assistant director of purchasing, said that in the future "all the departments will be buying from vendors directly." Until direct contacts are established with private vendors, however, departments have been instructed to ask purchasing personnel for assistance, the memo states...
...Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester and Tweety, and their colleagues remain Saturday-morning superstars. They are also the focus of That's All Folks! by Steve Schneider (Henry Holt; 253 pages; $39.95). This comic valentine offers impeccable research, interviews with the animated geniuses who breathed life and laughter into their Looney Tunes, and hundreds of rare illustrations. Given the price of a single frame of original Warner Bros. art ($400 for Bugs and carrot), this is the season's biggest bargain...