Word: orneryness
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The understated effort was enough for Oregon's unpredictable voters, who appeared to be in a particularly ornery mood this spring. In a state known for its enthusiastic acceptance of progressive politics, the primary produced a number of unexpected results. They suggested that Morse was aided by a feeling...
When we last saw old, ornery Floyd Warner (in Wright Morris' last novel, Fire Sermon), he had just lost his present in the form of an orphaned and vaguely related child he was taking care of, and his past, in the form of a fire that consumed all the...
This is a first feature for former Character Actor Steve Ihnat (remember the drunken Texan who beat up Mar lon Brando in The Chase'?). Ihnat bears partial responsibility for writing this lackluster plot, although as a director he fares a good deal better. Unlike most fledgling film makers, Ihnat...
Hoffa found the guards, who were union men, generally compassionate, but there were disturbing exceptions. "About 85% were O.K., but 10% were overly ambitious, trying to report somebody and get ahead, get a promotion, and they were always causing trouble. Five percent were sadistic, ornery bastards. They had rules, but...
Sir: Your story on George C. Scott [March 22] makes him sound like nothing so much as a spoiled and self-worshiping brat. Why should he be so ornery? It is just his egotism showing.