Word: patch
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Culligan (who wears an eye patch because of a World War II injury) is a favorite son in advertising but a stranger to the Curtises-evidence that the outside directors now have considerable influence...
...Massachusetts, the Kennedy family, unafraid of the slings and arrows from lesser breeds, proudly ran its youngest son through a convention gauntlet, and saw him emerge the victor. The loser was kin to the Speaker of the House, but no matter-the Kennedys know how to win and patch up. In Connecticut, always considered a bellwether state, no fewer than six Republicans spent lavishly of their blood, sweat and cash, and fought through eight ballots at a party convention for the chance to be the man who might beat a Democratic Governor in November...
...vivacious" (the Examiner), "deeply religious" (the News-Call Bulletin). As doctors tried in vain to save April's right eye, news stories frothed at her assailant. He was "fiendish" (the Examiner), "sadistic" (the News-Call Bulletin), "probably a sexual psychopath" (the Chronicle). Swathed in bandages and an eye patch, April posed bravely for photographers and forgave her attacker: "Anyone who is like that-we ought to feel sorry for him." But having latched onto surefire excitement, San Francisco's papers were ready neither to forgive nor forget. By last week the city was in the middle...
...long I don't know any of these people today, except from the newspapers. But I bought myself a dress so I could come. This is my last time out, but it's been a wonderful climax for me. Now I can go back to my briar patch...
...long, slow pull of bourbon. "Funny things happen t'me alla time," he says reflectively. "Dunno why. Dunno what I'm gonna do next. I just-live fer kicks!" And he lays back his ears and laughs like a jackass that can smell the old pea patch...