Word: monstering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Roman Catholic priest march around his monster, nearly drowning it in holy water, and assure the parents that the Blessed Virgin "will make it all right." He has a kindly old grandmother come on stage in the middle of an indecent episode between mother and child and screech at the top of her lungs: "My grandson is better because it has two heads, my grandson is better because it has two heads," and so forth. Finally, he gives us a huge funeral procession, in which the child's corpse is paraded around in an American flag...
...Nike-Zeus rocket, "interception" does not necessarily mean "a hit.'" Scientists calculate that with a one-kiloton warhead the rocket could either neutralize or destroy a multimegaton monster from a distance of a mile or more. The theory has yet to be tested, but it has silenced critics who originally scorned the plan as a foolhardy attempt to "hit a bullet with a bullet." Says an official of Douglas Aircraft, one of the major contractors for the program: "It's like hitting a bullet with a couple of football stadiums...
...July 29: 10 a.m. Chamber Music Hall - Friends Event - BMC Chamber Music 2:30 p.m. Shed - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Pierre Monteux - Beethoven: Symphomy No.2 - Purcell: Dido's Lament (Gray-Masse) - Weber: "Ocean Thou Mighty Monster" (Gray-Masse) - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben...
...bitter battle of the Great Lakes has been going on for 40 years, and for 40 years, from Erie to Superior, an ugly, blood-sucking monster has been winning. Chief losers have been the splendid lake trout-even though man himself has been their ally. But now news has come at last that the monsters are being beaten: a subtle chemical, cleverly used, has almost cleared Lake Superior of the invading fish-killing sea lamprey...
...steel and concrete doors of an underground Atlas silo yawned, and the missile poked its nose skyward. The countdown continued. At last, an intense yellow light bloomed through the fog as the Atlas rose from its pad like an inverted candle. The voice bawled: "Missile away!" The monster doors swung shut as the Atlas sped through the darkness toward its target 5,000 miles away in the Pacific...