Word: darnedness
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Animator Walter Lantz and his bride Gracie did not get much sleep on their 1941 honeymoon. Explains Walter, now 80: "It was this darned woodpecker. He made a terrible racket and ruined the roof of our cottage." Unable to silence the pest, Lantz made him immortal-by introducing the creature...
With Klosterman restored as general manager, Mrs. Rosenbloom is busy overseeing the team's move next season from the Coliseum to Anaheim, 30 miles to the south. No one doubts she is in charge. Says she: "I don't give up; I'm very stubborn. I wish...
The most effective, quick step that the U.S. could take to pop the bubble would be to auction off a chunk of its 180-million-oz. silver stockpile, the only substantial official reserve of the metal left in the world. An auction would help cool down the markets for all...
The most popular method of avoiding the 25% duty is to import trucks in two parts, in which case only a 4% tariff applies. After clearing customs, the chassis (including the cab) is joined to the cargo bed, a process that a Datsun spokesman concedes "can be performed in a...
Ian Campbell, 41, who is both the twelfth Duke of Argyll and Chief of the Clan Campbell, says he is surprised how "darned fast" the news of the sale got around and claims a dozen offers "from all over the world." Campbell is selling the island because he owes the...