Word: strangest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...When I came here, I tried to make this place come alive," Lichtenstein says. "Life can take root in the strangest places. I think we have another five years before we are in a stable situation. It won't be a quick spring flowering. It has roots. But I can feel this place beginning to flower...
...White Way was in danger of becoming the great dark way. Legitimate theaters and respectable restaurants have been imperiled by an invasion of porno movie houses, peep shows, sleazy eateries and a grab bag of other dubious enterprises. Understandably, this kind of low-life smorgasbord attracts some of the strangest night creatures ever to adorn a modern city. They range from nattily dressed black pimps in high heels to gaudily painted transvestites to the "Christmas-tree man," whose head, coat, shut and pants are festooned with tinsel and trinkets. Snaking stealthily through this Brueghelian scene in search of likely prey...
...terrifying" story -Nixon's "slapping" of a citizen at McCoy Air Force Base near Orlando, Fla. -to merit any attention at all. Yet publication of accounts by some papers, plus an angry White House counterblast that forced still more coverage, blew the incident into one of the strangest press stories of a strange year...
...just knew they were okay, the spirit of Mt. Adams was guiding them," the faithful cook later wrote in the log. "They were 56 hours late, but I knew they would get back and when; it was the strangest feeling." The next day the whole group went back to their igloo and lived near the top of Adams for five days. Other stories of Adams' magical guidance are repeated time and time again, in the log book and by hikers who have "seen the light" of Mt. Adams...
...pair of $50,000 cash gifts from Billionaire Howard Hughes to Nixon's pal Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo in 1969-70 is one of the strangest cases. Though the funds were allegedly for campaign purposes, Rebozo has testified that he never turned them over to anyone's campaign and in fact did not even tell Nixon of the gifts' existence. At his press conference last week, the President commended Rebozo for his handling of the cash, claiming that it was never used because 1) the donation was thought to be potentially embarrassing to Nixon in the light...