Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Minnesota has gone and got an interesting Governor of our own: a pro wrestler with a shaved head and a bad-boy swagger whose voice is hoarse from bellowing at opponents and threatening to rip their arms from their sockets. He was the protest candidate, a chance to throw toilet paper in the trees and piss off Dad, nobody dreaming he would actually be elected. But in a three-way race the ball takes funny bounces, and that is how Minnesota got a 6 ft. 4 in., 250-lb. Governor named Jesse ("The Body") Ventura, and all week Minnesotans were...
...only a matter of time before other professional wrestlers followed Jesse ("The Body") Ventura's lead and declared their political candidacy. Personally, we were hoping it would be a long time. But this week ("Hollywood") HULK HOGAN plans to throw his bandanna into the ring and announce his intention to run for President in 2000. "When Jesse won, I said to my wife, 'My God, I'm 10 times more popular than him,'" says the man once known as Sterling Golden. "People know Hulk Hogan like they know McDonald's and Chevrolet." According to Hogan, those people include Ross Perot...
...America saw few imminent threats to its power. But more important than the current premillennial bout of optimism, the fascination with the stark elegance of the '50s reflects a backlash against the TV-in-every-room consumption of the '70s and '80s. For thirtysomethings with a little money to throw around, more has proved to be less. "The whole modern movement started to provide graceful living for people no matter what their economic status," says architect Koenig, who built his first house in 1950 for $5,000. "It was not a style, not a passing fancy; it was a social...
...best managers are agile enough to steer through trouble and exploit new opportunities. That's how Jack Welch at General Electric became a star and why GE perpetually trades at a higher multiple of earnings than the average stock. Welch is proven. You can buy his stock and throw it in a drawer. Ditto Charles Knight at Emerson Electric and Lawrence Bossidy at AlliedSignal...
...throw away your crusty tube of black and white Halloween face make-up just yet. Save it for the KISS reunion tour, a.k.a. the "Psycho Circus World Tour" coming to the Fleet Center tonight. You can "rock and roll all night" with your favorite 70s freakazoids of black leather garb. 7:30 p.m., Fleet Center (North Station T-stop), 931-2000. Tickets...