Word: underwear
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unarmed to face the mutineers. Roughly he yanked the ringleaders out of the mob one by one, and demanded that they give up. With that the revolt collapsed, and Mobutu-his well-creased trousers stained with a spot of blood-ordered the mutiny's leaders stripped to their underwear and driven off to jail through the jeering crowd at the camp's gate...
...make the trip, the Rugby Club has had to scrape the bottom of their hopelessly bare financial barrel. Receiving no aid from the University besides clean towels and underwear, the ruggers are paying two-thirds of their expenses out of their own pockets, and are relying for the final third on rather scanty contributions from various and previously uncontacted alumni...
...Underwear. Back in 1913, rich Republican Senator Elihu Root complained that the new income tax statute, a mere dozen pages then, was too complex. "No one understands the income tax law," he said, "except persons who have not sufficient intelligence to understand the questions that arise under it." But the opponents of complexity had not seen anything yet. High tax rates inevitably brought incessant demands for ways of escaping them. Ignoring Lincoln's implied warning that the task was inherently impossible, Congress over the years has kept trying to accommodate every pressure group of taxpayers with a claim...
...Governor George C. Wallace, 43, who has pledged to "stand in the schoolhouse door" if necessary to prevent integration, cried: "I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Wearing two sets of underwear (he insisted they were "Confederate suits," not union suits) beneath his clothes to guard against the Yankee-like cold snap, Wallace threatened a Dixiecrat rebellion. Said he: "We intend to carry our fight for freedom across this nation, wielding the balance of power we know we possess in the Southland...
...secret sunbathing roof garden") and jeers at their shortcomings ("Library all of eight feet square suitable for erudite dwarf"). He also whets sales appeal by describing his clients as "hedonist of 19,'' "redheaded sculptress,'' "girl physiotherapist," "former Harvard lecturer turned tycoon in ladies' underwear.'' Frequently, Brooks offers an acid explanation of the owner's reasons for selling: "One of the big pots in chamber music, leader of a famous quartet, taking up suburban residence with former girl viola pupil, sacrifices exciting newly built mews residence...