Word: shrimped
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Another cloud on the horizon is the economy. Industrial output is stagnant. Unemployment hovers around 14% nationwide and runs as high as 40% in some places. Foreign debt has risen to $3.4 billion, and export revenues (primarily from bananas, shrimp and light manufacturing) are falling. Panama is not benefiting much from the country's famous waterway, which was transferred to joint U.S.Panamanian administration under the 1977 Panama Canal treaties. The Big Ditch, historically a not-for-profit concern, last year showed an operating loss of $4 million, reflecting a worldwide shipping slump. One of Ardito Barletta's first...
...Williams attempts to get the scoop on the inner workings of JFK for the suit, she also tries to get at the inner workings of Nolte. He, on the other hand is too busy with Eddie, his problem student. Ralph Macchio reprises his role from Karate Kid as The Shrimp Who Kicks Ass aka The Tough Kid From a Broken Home Who Is All Right Underneath--Really. Don't wince; the roles, dialogue and intentions of the script are so telegraphed, outlined, highlighted, and underlined that only a Columbia film-student could miss the point...
...Tent City the temperature was about 110 degrees all three days and dust settled over everything. Air conditioning at the Republican convention made the place pleasantly chilly--some delegates even protested that the hall was too cold. The press was treated to free food, such as shrimp salad lunches and drinks by the GOP, while they could buy a plate of rice and beans at Tent City. The Republicans provided free phones, typewriters, tv's and work areas, while there was a bank of pay phones atop a steep hill at Tent City...
...story is not about the middle-class "peacekeepers" who forget Nancy Riggins when they "Rally for Peace and Freedom" and forget "Jobs". The story is not about the press who sip their Coors, stuff their face with shrimp, and pronounce the death of protest movements in our time. The story is not about Republicans who blow into town, spend money, drink, vote on the party platform without bothering to read it over first, and take "Fritz and Tits" buttons home as souvenirs. Nor is the story about young middle-class students like myself, who are able to take...
...growing vigorously, each worth about $300. The biggest market is for the hides, but Godwyn wants to develop sales of alligator meat. About 200 Florida restaurants serve it. Says Godwyn: "If you deep fry the meat, it tastes like chicken. And if it's sauteed, it tastes like shrimp or lobster." See you later, alligator−on a plate...