Word: muldoonism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Springbok tour placed New Zealand's Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, 59, in a tough political dilemma. If he approved the South Africans' visit, he risked censure abroad as well as violent clashes at home between anti-apartheid groups and rugby diehards. But opposing the tour also carried liabilities: Muldoon and his National Party, currently holding just 48 of the 92 seats in Parliament, face an uphill election battle in November; banning the Springboks might well outrage numerous rugby fans among the voters...
...ceremonial word for nickname (sort of a nickname's given name), but it is generally used in a formal, titular sense, and not as anything one actually would call someone else. A nickname may be at once demeaning and endearing (see New Zealand's Prime Minister, "Piggy" Muldoon). But a sobriquet keeps its distance. Attila's of for example, were alternately "The Terror of the World" and "The Scourge of God," depending on his be havior. No one called him Hunny...
First Period: NU--Pattie Magrath (Diane Sorrenti, Barbara Muldoon) 12:11. Second Period: NU--Tricia Devine (Sorrenti) 1:45. NU--Sorrenti (unassisted) 14:51. Third Period: NU--Muldoon (Sorrenti, Christine Yanetty...
...least the cool fun. Garp's trusted friend is the transsexual Roberta Muldoon, formerly Old Number 88; the crack-backing, pass-catching Robert Muldoon, star tight-end for the Philadelphia Eagles. When Roberta finally dies, there is a moment of silence before the Eagles take the field. "She had a great pair of hands," the announcer intones reverently...
...When Muldoon learned what his students were up to, he exclaimed, "My God, we've got another Watergate!" and promptly declared himself dictator. All but five of his 27 students had participated in the corruption. When asked afterward what they liked about the project, the students cited money dealing, counterfeiting and blackmail...