Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greedy politicians at lower levels of government rushed to get their share of Abscam's bribe money, the FBI's operation was getting too complex and expensive. The agents had promised to hand over more money in bribes than they could deliver. At some point the spigot had to be turned off. "We found people climbing all over each other to get some of the action," claimed one FBI official. "We were mystified...
...half moon." His wife was somewhat supportive, adding: "Maybe they gave him so much to drink he said 'Oh yeah' to everything they asked. But he didn't come home with the $50,000." A New Jersey state senator, Joseph Maressa, on the other hand, readily admitted taking $10,000 in what he called "legal fees" and added: "It was like the Arabian Nights, the Ali Baba situation. The portrait that was painted was so convincing. It almost became patriotic to take their money. You know, let's take some of that OPEC oil money...
Barbudians, who are known as "the gentle people," own every inch of ground as common property. Strikingly hand some and articulate, they are the descendants of slaves selected for breeding by their 18th century British owner on the basis of physique, looks and intelligence. Barbuda (pop. 1,200) has only one village, Codrington, no telephones, no paved roads, and only three Jeeps available for visitors...
...trained athletes, not the hell-for-leather but paunchy types who once populated the sport. Before restrictions in the early '50s, on the combined weight of sled and crew, bobsledders simply loaded their machines with beef, using the extra weight to build momentum. Recalls Nathan Pratt, who daily hand-sculpts the course's corners by shaving ice in one spot or building it up in another: "In the old days, they used to train by drinking gallons of beer. Sometimes I'd have to help the guys into their sleds...
...ever. Menelaus is ready to butcher her for adultery, but he is so afraid of Helen's siren sway that he does not look at her. Silkily, she makes her excuse. She was in the power of Aphrodite-her will was not her own. Menelaus' meat-cleaver hand drops, Helen sashays away, whistling in sultry triumph...