Search Details

Word: peppiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...when it seems overly chorused pub-anthems begin to replace actual songs, and although they don’t start busting into “Football’s Coming Home” or your standard Arsenal chant, you almost expect as much.  The peppiest song is probably “The Day That Thatcher Dies,” and I don’t think the band is trying to be ironic, which may or may not be disturbing or ingeniously comic, depending on how you view the band...

Author: By Keith R. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums: Hefner | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

...might think that a guy who hadn't published a novel in eleven years would show a few signs of nervousness, make a false move here and there, when he gave it another try. But Bruce Jay Friedman, who was almost certainly, pound for pound, the peppiest black humorist of the whole 1960s (Remember Stern ? A Mother's Kisses ?), hasn't exactly been idle during his long layoff. He wrote The Lonely Guy's Book of Life, which not only advised single fellas how to cope but became a motion picture vehicle for Steve Martin. He did the screenplay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cassette Guys Tokyo Woes | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

Larry Leonard at right half back was the peppiest Crimson player and Win Knowlton and Juan Rodriguez in the front line showed unexpected skill. With these three continuing to show well, and with work on the defensive combination, Munro expects the team to improve...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Jumbos Upset Crimson Booters 4-1, When Defense Falls Apart in Rain | 10/4/1951 | See Source »

Something For the Boys. Ethel Merman at her peak in musicomedy at its peppiest (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Feb. 15, 1943 | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

Although Bing's activities are quieter, his manner isn't. Old friends from Spokane still recognize the happy-go-lucky Crosby approach which is transmitted to radio audiences in the jargon which keeps the Kraft Music Hall one of the peppiest shows on the air. There is no room for the usual tense radio nerves around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Groaner | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | Next