Word: adonises
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David is their youngest son, a curly-haired Adonis who dreams like a Don Quixote. David's tragedy is that he confuses morality, dignity romance and passion. He fights Hitler at Dunkirk, still haunted by the memory of prep school bigotry and the hollow echo of his father's words...
After graduating in 1932, he took a series of jobs, eventually becoming a sportscaster at radio station WHO in Des Moines. He was a superb announcer of major league baseball games. Guided by only the sketchy summaries from ballparks, Reagan would fashion a gripping and imaginative narrative for his listeners...
In the long term perhaps the most serious effect of the invasion will be on the economy. Damage was severe to the tourist trade, in which Cypriots have invested $300 million. Last year travelers from all over the world left $66 million on Cyprus, or 40% of the island'...
Died. Joe Adonis, 69, the onetime East Coast gambling czar, described by the late crime-fighting Senator Estes Kefauver as "the most sinister of all U.S. underground figures"; of heart disease; in Ancona, Italy. Born Giuseppe Doto, "Joe A." became a Brooklyn rumrunner and a kingpin of "Murder Inc.," later...
The contrast between the two champions does not end with ideology. Ali is the black Adonis on parade?quick of wit, mercurial, explosive, forever turned on. Frazier is awkward and introspective, given to sullen moods that he calls "the slouchies." At home or in the ring, Ali is a klieg...