Word: boorish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year is 1866, and an English governess consigned to doleful duty in a remote Australian backwater has her thoughts interrupted by a preposterous vision: "She was running through her list of unsatisfactory or irritating or boorish suitors when she saw a church made from glass towed into her field of vision by two men in wide straw hats." This is no hallucination. The crystalline minicathedral that floats into view, with a framework of iron, measures 50 ft. in length and 22 ft. 6 in. across. It weighs twelve tons...
...junior transfer Bill Wheeler, who scored 33 of the quietest points in memory. Jasper center Pete Runge was awarded 23 points by the official scorer for winning the Billy Paultz play-alike contest. (For those who don't remember, Paultz is the former NBA player whose boorish and unimaginative play earned him the nickname "The Whopper...
...fact, boorish and unimaginative is a pretty good description of the game at hand. Referees Bob Madigan and Don Winterton (or, as they were introduced Saturday night, "Mr. Bob Madigan and Mr. Don Winterton") spent the game blowing their whistles at seemingly random intervals, calling a whopping 50 fouls overall. Five of the eight Harvard players who saw action ended with four fouls...
Gorbachev's new men, for the most part, share his background of higher education and wide managerial experience. These new leaders look more like savvy executives than rumpled and boorish political hacks. Some have traveled to the West, and all are familiar with the latest American or European trends in their fields. Their success has usually been built on innovation rather than a slavish adherence to established methods...
SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, THIS emerges as the turning point of the plot. The singer, Shug Avery (Margaret Avery), takes more of a liking to Celie than to the boorish Mister. This torch singer with a heart of gold teaches Celie how to have pride and how to stand up for herself. Gradually, under Shug's tutelage, Celie begins to initiate convert acts of household terrorism like spitting into drinks of water and lemonade. Shug also enjoys special privileges in the House of Mister-including getting the mail-and thus Celie is able to receive a long-awaited letter from her sister...