Word: rump
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...kidnaped four Americans as hostages for two far-leftist union leaders arrested as part of the mine cleanup. After ten days, the miners backed down; at the party convention a month later, Lechin was drummed out, and Paz was named for a third term. The raging Lechin called a rump convention and swore to run against...
...toppled the Andean country's feudal tin-mining aristocracy. Unable to patch up their differences at the ruling M.N.R. party convention in January, Paz had himself nominated for another term as President, while Lechín was drummed out of the party. Then Lechín called a rump convention at which he tried to rig an anti-Paz alliance of Communists and disgruntled rightists. He vowed to "work for the liberation of the Bolivian people, who have been defrauded," but his coalition never got off the ground...
...pint. Italian housewives have to pay 290 apiece for oranges that cost them 210 last year, and the common varieties of pasta have risen from 90 a Ib. to 130. In Paris, where the price of steak is $1.22 a Ib. (for biftek, the lean cuts from the round, rump or tip), a cheap restaurant lunch runs to $1.50, and $4 lunches are common. The well-pressed Frenchman has to pay $70 to $100 for a suit (or $200 if it is custom made) and $2 to have it dry cleaned, about $8 for a shirt to go with...
Whisper's Cabot O'Reilly thought a Monro sentence as "neatly turned as the rump and calves of any co-ed who has trooped into a student's room," but tried to put the story in proper perspective by noting that "horizontal gymnastics has long been a popular extracurricular activity and time-honored Harvard tradition...
...natural habitat on European cliffs, the rock dove (Columba livid), with its grey coat, white rump and iridescent head and neck, is an attractive bird. Bred and trained by man, it has become a valiant message carrier, famed for its speed and homing instinct. It has also become a multicolored pest, appealing mainly to snapshooting tourists and aging lonelyhearts who get solace of a sort from feeding the flocks...