Word: villainous
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Today's wrestlers are conscientious showmen who often allow the audience to pick the "hero" and the "villain" after the show begins. They engage in preliminary cuffing and hair-pulling while they "feel out the house" to see what happy ending is desired. One prominent promoter explained last week: "You never know beforehand when you're gonna see a lousy prizefight. In wrestling, we give you guaranteed entertainment...
Cocky little Bobby Riggs used to be the pet villain of tennis fans, but this time he had the gallery-what there was of it-almost on his side. And he had never yet lost a match in Madison Square Garden. He began the tour there five months ago (when 15,114 braved "the big snow" to watch him beat Big Jake Kramer). But last week the score in matches was a lopsided 59 to 19 against...
...telling of it is made vividly exciting by the use of such standard Hollywood gimmicks as the sliding panels, the catacombs beneath the embassy, the Mata Hari girls, and a big, fat, replusive character for the villain. (It should be pointed out too, that the actor playing Gouzenko is clearly a Michigan boy and is clearly the one to be rooting for. The cards, you see have been stacked in Hollywood...
...obvious villain was the veto. Among dozens of resolutions submitted, the one most strongly backed was a plan which had been devised by World Planner (and onetime Bridge Expert) Ely Culbertson. It was endorsed by 16 Senators and 14 Congressmen. It would eliminate the veto in matters of aggression. If the Russians refused to agree, the other nations of the world would set up a revised U.N. without them. Fired with enthusiasm, the Foreign Affairs Committee was all set to stamp it with approval...
...Established writer would like a good up-to-date idea for a motion picture which avoids politics, sex, religion, divorce, double beds, drugs, disease, poverty, liquor, Senators, bankers, cigarettes, wealth, Congress, race, economics, art, death, crime, childbirth and accidents (whether by airplane or public carrier); also the villain must not be an American, European, South American, African, Asiatic, Australian, New Zealander, or Eskimo ... No dogs allowed. Apply...