Word: skewering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kaplan had the honor of scoring the decisive 14th match point. He rebounded from a 3-1 deficit to skewer his epee opponent, 5-4, seconds before foilman Dave Hanower concluded his bout victoriously...
TEXAS. Again a personality clash between two conservative candidates. "I think the race is getting to be more fun all the time," says William Clements, the multimillionaire oil-drilling contractor who is running for Governor. Clements' idea of fun is to skewer his Democratic opponent, Texas Attorney General John Hill, whom he derides as a "claims lawyer and a career politician." When Hill accused Clements of resorting to "Nixon-style Watergate tricks," the Republican replied: "Hill seems a little sensitive to me." The main campaign issue is how to spend the state's $3 billion surplus; no matter which candidate...
...point, Meany managed to simultaneously skewer an old adversary from the Ford Administration and a new one in the Carter White House -Chief Economic Adviser Charles Schultze, who has expressed interest in wage-price restraints. Nodding in the general direction of Washington, Meany cracked, "A fella by the name of Alan Greenspan, he's still over there. But he's changed his name to Charlie Schultze." Meany, for all the talk of his retirement this year, still clearly enjoys his hoots and hurrahs...
...this is because of their fondness for "natural" foods, like the "tea" brewed out of Jimson weed, a dangerous desert plant. Sometimes plants do damage without being consumed. A few years ago, for example, a California youth died from poisons in an oleander branch that he had used to skewer hot dogs over a campfire...
...International now claims 2,700 members in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. "I think tipping is a way of life," says Schein, 63, "but I think we have to control it a bit." Schein's control takes the form of blue and yellow report cards that members skewer with a monogrammed T.I. toothpick and leave with (or instead of) their tip. A blue card compliments the service and food. A yellow card contains a check list of complaints: service, quality of food, cleanliness, prices, courtesy and atmosphere. The card system, claims Schein, provides diners with a "diplomatic, dignified...