Word: rogerism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There needs to be a switch on remote controls that will get rid of such ads. When I’m watching the game, I want the most obnoxious and abhorrent thing on the screen to be Roger Clemens, not another reminder that “Temptation Island 2” premieres in another two weeks. Believe me, FOX, I know. I know...
...commentary, Roger Rosenblatt noted that the U.S., following a period of "rampant vapidity," has reconnected with history since Sept. 11 [ESSAY, Nov. 12]. Not only is it time for us to get back into history, but we also need to remember its lessons. After the end of World War II, the U.S. used the Marshall Plan to pour millions of dollars into Western Europe to rebuild the countries ravaged by the war. When the war in Afghanistan is over, we need to invest in that country's future so another Osama bin Laden won't use it as a staging...
...high schools for decades. APPOINTED. KENNETH FEINBERG, 56, an attorney and former aide to Senator Edward Kennedy, as manager of the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and their families; in Washington, D.C. Feinberg oversaw similar restitution for Agent Orange victims after the Vietnam War. APPOINTED. ROGER MILLA, 48, a Cameroon soccer legend, as the U.N.'s first African ambassador to spearhead its aids program; in Geneva. Milla, named the African player of the century by British magazine Africa Soccer, will travel around the continent next year to educate the public about the epidemic. ARRESTED. HUTOMO MANDALA...
...hundred yards away from the target." "I think we're perhaps a little too close," came the spotter's reply. "But we have to be, to get the laser on the target." Pause. Bomb spotter: "We are about ready to pull back." Pilot: "We are about to release." Spotter: "Roger." Spotter: "Be advised we have new coordinates: north 3639996, east 06658866." Pilot: "Good. Copy." Spotter: "Mitch and Siberson are making their run now." Spotter again: "Two minutes...
...long (but deservedly) been the darling of cinema’s intelligentsia. This relatively no frill treatment has restored the picture to an almost resplendent shine. Press photos, original trailers, advertising campaigns and storyboards abound, but the true treat is the audio commentary. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert surprises with adroit and shrewd insight into the film’s technical aspects while Welles biographer Peter Bogdanovich fills in historical and personal minutia. This is the Citizen Kane we’ve all been waiting...