Word: shoeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remorseless now as he was then, the kind of character that John Wayne was fond of portraying-true grit without forgiveness, to be admired, but from a safe distance." Moss had come to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker, at Binion's Horse shoe Casino. Binion's is the no-limit joint, famous for accepting a $777,000 bet in 1980 from a man who walked in with a suitcase full of cash, rolled the dice once, won and vanished into the desert with two suitcases full of cash. By the time Alvarez caught...
...same man reportedly took off the left shoe of a woman in a fifth-floor library stair-way Wednesday and insisted on holding her foot until she broke free...
...bemused Chases and Prynnes, proceeds as smoothly as it does quickly. Katselas also deftly balances the opening exchanges between the four; their exits and entrances are well-timed, although slowed by the audience's initial reactions to Burton (who looks graceful and distinguished in a tuxedo, though his shoe-heels are about three inches too high for the 1930s of Private Lives) and Taylor, who enters confidently in a low-cut nightgown and robe. But, in keeping with the tone of the evening. Taylor soon changes into a Theoni Aldredge purple sequined gown that, were the actors not a hundred...
...with a plain white lavatory and plain white tub, a toilet paper holder that does not work, and that is all. There is not a filling station in Orange or Chatham County that does not have a better bathroom. It is plainer than an old shoe." Beyond that, the Landmark went on to insinuate that the management of the News & Observer has been known to "push biddies in the creek." Windsor admits he made up this heinous crime, drowning chicks, but says he was sore...
Bottoms powerfully conveys this depressing drama of a vulnerable man in a cold, modern city. His inflections and movements all speak of a person in desperate need of companionship. Rolling his dice, tapping his shoe against the floor, rocking in his baggy pants and chain smoking, Erie narrates his entire life...