Word: squawking
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...later, by defection or defeat, the soldiery will fall, though the lengths Somoza went to--including the aerial bombing of Nicaragua's cities--are terrifying. Especially worth American notice is the deadly force of a few jeeps with gun mounts and a few more armored personnel carriers. Few squawk when such material is dispatched to Latin American despots, but against outgunned opponents, and unarmed civilians, it is precisely this equipment that allows control of city streets...
...owners balk, the players walk and the fans squawk...
...pacing the floor in Aaron's office, saying 'O.K., suppose these three girls work for this detective named ... Harry.' And then I saw the intercom on Aaron's desk, and I said, 'Suppose you never see Harry. He always calls them on that squawk box. And suppose instead of tough-mmm ...' And then I saw a picture on the wall of three angels. 'Suppose they're, like, Harry's angels...
That is all they do. In Lanford Wilson's off-Broadway hit, the inmates and their equally downtrodden keeper yell, moan, squawk and whimper at each other for about two hours. When the play ends, their home is one day closer to its demise: so are they; nothing else has changed. Because the play has virtually no plot, it relies entirely on its characters to propell it along and keep its audience interested. And because the actors in this Dunster House production make the residents neither believable nor interesting, Hot I Baltimore makes for an almost unrelievedly dreary evening...
...Harvard had a fancy scoreboard, that's what many people would be watching today. Instead, they will listen to the reliable squawk of public address announcer Charlie Dale pass judgment on the fate of the Harvard season. The Crimson's chances for a share of the Ivy championship rest with Cornell this week (and Princeton next) in their encounter with Yale at the Bowl. If the Elis win both of those, they win the League outright--whether they beat Harvard...