Word: sackful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Otis St was firebombed leaving eight Black families homeless. Residents however, agree that the incident was the act of a few and not evidence of general racism. It's the case of a very small group who make the whole neighborhood look like a racist community," says Marty Sack, director of the East End community center. "We don't want to sweep it under the carpet," says Frank Budryk, a member of the East Cambridge Planning Team "we want to confront...
Henry IV, Part 1, has one huge epicenter, that Santa Claus of roguery, Sir John Falstaff. The old knight is as nimble of wit as his belly is full of sack, a braggart, a liar, a thief, a cynic and a coward, but with all that an irresistibly endearing tub of bubbling jollity. Early on, Falstaff (Joss Ackland) chides the heir apparent Prince Hal (Gerard Murphy), who has made the Boar's Head Tavern his home away from the castle, for leading him into evil ways...
...growing acceptance of your theories on "negative social pressure." Just last night in Quincy House, I was sitting with a group of about eight guys when this really ugly girl walks up to the salad bar. At first a few of the guys were just making the normal sack and rode jokes, but then one of my brighter friends made a good point, which he properly attributed to you "What we need," he said, "is some negative social pressure to get these grotesque women out of here." Most of us are of the opinion that it could work...
...Miss Edna, the real-life madam of the Chicken Ranch, proves too proper for the columnists, the author steps in with scattershot malice. He tells Women's Wear Daily that Actress Alexis Smith, star of the national touring company, "can't carry a tune in a goddamn sack." The antics end at a sad and quiet Maryland retreat, "where they teach you not to drink whisky...
Technically, Evans resigned; under the terms of purchase, Murdoch cannot sack the top editor without approval of a majority of the paper's national directors. But Murdoch's intent became plain during a four-day farce after the owner announced that Evans had resigned (for an undisclosed buy-out reported to be about $450,000), while Evans kept insisting he was still editor...