Word: willard
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...anticipated Republicans playing the race card in the November elections. Then he basically justified their tactics. I wish Klein were more appalled by what right-wing extremists who are in control of the government are doing than by what Democrats might do if they win control of the House. Willard Taylor Upper Marlboro, Maryland, U.S. Klein noted that Conyers could become chairman of the Judiciary Committee and that he has threatened impeachment hearings against President Bush. Klein said that would be a case of Democrats' "emphasizing witch hunts instead of substantive policies." Impeachment might be incendiary, but it is important...
Converse is known for co-authoring many papers on election studies with other noted scholars including Angus Campbell, Warren E. Miller, Willard L. Rodgers, and Donald E. Stokes. His studies are not limited to the U.S.—he has spent time researching in Brazil, Canada, and France...
...minor characters are similarly superficial, but they are actually quite hilarious. Willard D’Arcy, the British TV producer who comes up with the idea of the reality show, is regularly described as a manic elf, with “spikey hair dyed royal blue on top with a pink tinge around the sides, gold earrings, and royal blue fingernail polish.” He is Perkins’ idea of a TV’s Austin Powers...
While the descriptions are repetitive and rather over-the-top, one conversation Willard has with an elderly female sponsor has a certain poetic brilliance. When the confused woman asks what the word “shag” means, Willard exclaims, “It’s the term we Limeys use. You know, bulls serve, stallions cover, dogs line, chickens tread, sheep tup, foxes clicket, and people shag, Agnes. They fucking shag...
...Marines could go at their jobs with a war-like intensity. At one point, while the CH-53 was en route from the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., Army officers on the ground radioed that the crew should stop and give them a ride someplace else first. Willard and Cunningham, who had been dispatched from their regular unit in New River, N.C., answered, "Negative, sir": they didn't want this mission interrupted. Said one Marine officer who was not part of the Voodoo Child crew: "They know they need to come in here and execute as if it were...