Word: sink
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scene of their first meeting is grippingly paced, starting and ending slowly to let all the implications sink in. But as the Duke begins pulling strings to end the story before it runs on for ten acts instead of five, the production turns more superficial. Thomas Apple's Duke is nothing to be unhappy about--he's smooth, fatherly and reassuring. But Shakespeare wrote the part as a playwright's nightmare of schemes gone bad, plots out of control. Apple remains blithe, unperturbed, not the sort of Machiavellian man you'd look towards to resolve the mess at the play...
...give me the year in which the Golbetrotters lost their last game? No? Okay, okay, give me the name of the little bald guy who used to sink the long set shots against them...
...Administration count indicates that 29 Senators are either against the pact or leaning that way-just five short of the number needed to sink it. Moreover, among the 35 Senators expected to favor the treaty, at least eight are shaky. Senate supporters fume that the White House has not begun to match the lobbying effort of the opposition...
...issues. And unfortunately for the GOP, that will be a tough accusation to disprove: Bush defends his refusal to accept the CDP debates by arguing he?s giving the American people "a chance to see the candidates in a range of different settings," but his apparent reluctance to sink his teeth into the traditional, specifics-heavy format favored by the CPD could be seen by voters as cowardice - a perception the Gore crowd is only too happy to encourage...
...only do we call hero sandwiches submarines, but, in Baltimorese, closet is cupboard, and sidewalk is pavement-as in London. Also, a kitchen sink is a zinc, asparagus is sparrow grass, and hydrangea is high geranium...