Word: outlandish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were named in honor of a theatrically flamboyant Representative who struts around Congress like a peacock. He slicks down his hair with stickum, sports a villainous-looking waxed mustache and favors wildly eccentric clothes-velveteen suits, ruffled shirts, patent-leather shoes and satin-lined capes. But despite his outlandish appearance, Dapper Dan Flood, 74, has amassed immense power in his 30 years on Capitol Hill. As a member of the so-called College of Cardinals-the 13 Appropriation subcommittee chairmen -he can influence a large share of the federal budget and direct as much as reason permits to his constituents...
...actresses belting out "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" will bring down any house, so carefully honed are his Channings and Ellas. Co-star Hollis McLaren is inevitably overshadowed by Russell's stagewise presence, but the delicate treatment she gives to her Crazy Liza perfectly complements her outlandish buddy...
...Eagles of Boston College crushed Harvard last night at McHugh Forum by the outlandish score of 11-3. This destruction is worse than B.C.'s 7-0 drubbing of the Crimson last month...
...lust was repugnant to his stern Hebraic morality and that his morality was repugnant to his sexual nature. Chatworth, slumped in his seat high above the Atlantic, confesses to his tape recorder ("Father Sony") that his English sense of proportion and Catholic asceticism are at loggerheads with his outlandish success. Chatworth vacillates between such statements as "Conquer America-God what a shoddy ambition," and, like David Frost contemplating a bust of Emmy, "This is the country I want to impress, not the other one, and its approval is now pouring out of the slot like gold...
...great number of our countrymen will not be cooking ye Xmas turkey or ye mince pie at all. They are instead preparing outlandish dishes that I can barely spelle or pronownce. These platters have such names as ortolans á la périgourdine, chausson de jambon au foie gras et truffes, polio in umido, media yemista, klephtiko charti, kalua pig, civet de lievre, poularde de Bresse a la demi-deuil, moussaka, agnello in vescica con ginepro, frit-tatas, beignets, gaufrettes, gazpacho, gefullte Schweinerippchen, pastello di pesce, dim sum, kaeng keao wan, shashlik, crudites, ratatouille, pho, ktapodi krassato, calfs head (aargh!) caillou...