Word: quivers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When taking aim, the former First Lady often puts the arrow in someone else's quiver. She remains furious at Jane Pauley for calling her "a woman of the '40s" in an interview in 1979, but puts the criticism in a TV-crew member's voice. "He conveyed the impression that it was not unusual for ((Pauley)) to be so ugly." When she is asked about calling Al Gore a demagogue, she shrugs and says, "Well, it was in my diary," as if that relieves her of responsibility...
...Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Tar, Girls Against Boys, Thinner and The Lune on Friday, Oct. 8. Sonny Sharrock on Oct. 12. Upstairs: Big Hot Sun, Who's kiddin Who, Gypsy Cruise and Babboon Heart on Thursday, Oct. 7. Zuzu's Petals, Morning Glories and Quiver on Friday, Oct. 8. Dashboard Saviors, Kevin Salem on Saturday, Oct. 9. Small Ball Paul, Forty and Landfill on Oct. 10. Church of the Subgenius...
...archaeologists, the Iceman's fur quiver is an even rarer prize. "It is the only quiver from the Neolithic period found in the whole world," Egg marvels. Its cargo of feathered arrows marks another first. Carved from viburnum and dogwood branches, a dozen of them were unfinished. But two were primed for shooting -- with flint points and feathers. The feathers had been affixed with a resin-like glue at an angle that would cause spin in flight and help maintain a true course. "It is significant that ballistic principles were known and applied," says Notdurfter. The quiver also held...
...Quayle's. Clinton chose the senator for far more than his all-American looks, and his fans in the party applaud his stands on the issues. But amidst the hoopla about his environmentalism and his foreign policy record, people still grasp for pictures. Why else do Democrats quiver in anticipation of a Gore-Quayle debate...
Here's a pop quiz sure to make libertarians quiver. Which of the following items cannot be acquired without special permission: a carton of Lucky Strike nonfilters, a liter of grain alcohol, handcuffs, a hypodermic needle or (hint, hint) a nicotine patch...