Word: outfitted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...CHARACTERS, the Duke of Milan is almost guaranteed to make a hit. Paris K.C. Barclay presides over "Bring All the Boys Back Home" in robust and jazzy style, accompanied by his spry side-kick, Thurio (Stephen Hayes), who has been poured into a snazzy green and orange jester's outfit with token military trimmings. The transformation of Shakespeare's Duke into a war-mongering politician hasn't dated since the demise of the Vietnam war. Eglamour's singing voice tends to coast out of key, and the Chinese dragon he musters to his aid is lovely but a bit perplexing...
Glenda Jackson, who is running for abbess, consolidates her strength with the help of two Haldeman-Ehrlichman types (Geraldine Page, Anne Jackson) and enough bugs and hidden cameras to outfit Moscow's embassy row. Her young rival (Susan Penhaligon), who is having a tumble under the poplars with a neighborhood priest, campaigns on a promise to make the abbey into a love nest. Just before Jackson sweeps to victory, her forces send a pair of Jesuit novices to burglarize her rival's sewing basket in search of love letters...
...Most of us were members of the party then because the Communists were the only organized radical outfit," Nelson says. With the luxury of hindsight, it is easy to introduce questions about such topics as the excesses of Stalinism, but when reviewing the total of Nelson's judgments, he merely says, "Who is going to argue who is perfectly right...
...other hand, plutonium, even in tiny quantities, is searingly radioactive and ranks with botulin toxin as one of the world's most poisonous substances. Moreover, with as little as 12 Ibs. of plutonium, the right equipment and expertise in handling the stuff, almost any government-or terrorist outfit-could make a nuclear bomb...
...first cousin and deacon in the Baptist church. Hugh now keeps his store open on Sundays, although he once said he never would. Billy Carter has started a company called Plains Civic Projects that sells souvenirs from the train depot. ("It's not exactly a nonprofit outfit," Billy says, "but the money is supposed to go into civic improvements.") Maxine Reese, who manages Plains Civic Projects, is also planning to put in Plains' first liquor store, to the horror of many residents...