Word: spree
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...poor factory worker he plays, after months on the assembly line, and after confronting the hilarious monster of the Automatic Eating Machine, finally goes loony, throws every switch in the factory out of whack, and goes on an oil-spurting spree. As Chaplin gets himself mistakenly arrested as a communist leader (and that one has to be seen to be believed), a poor street gamine (Paulette Goddarde) steals bananas. On the dry hot streets of Los Angeles in the middle of the depression the gamine is nearly arrested, until the gallant Chaplin recently released from jail, takes the rap. Chaplin...
...first day of Christmas the Minnesota Vikings gave the Dallas Cowboys four intercepted passes, three costly turnovers, two bonus field goals and a fumble in a careless spree. During the regular season, the Vikings boasted the stingiest defense in the league (average points allowed per game: ten), but they were not able to contain the Cowboys' explosive offense. Calling a near perfect game, Dallas Quarterback Roger Staubach mixed his pinpoint passes (ten completions in 14 attempts) with the slashing running of Duane Thomas to lead the Cowboys to a 20-12 victory...
...policy at age 40) to a hippopotamine 302 lbs. ($53.66). Policyholders consigned to Class VI, the most cholesterol-clogged division, pay about four times the premium assessed on people of the same age who have reached the Weight Watchers "goal" weights. Thus the cost of an eating spree can now be measured in cash as well as calories...
...Africa and the Soviet Union. Lenin's remarks notwithstanding, the Soviets have been hoarding their gold in recent years and have sold little of it. Perhaps they have been betting on a gold price increase, or holding on to their bullion in order to go on a shopping spree in the West at some opportune time. Their stockpile has been roughly estimated to be worth $3 billion...
Fighting Strikes. Donnahoe set out on a shopping spree and bought the Tampa Times and Tribune in Florida, the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel in North Carolina, as well as the Newark Evening News. Other acquisitions included a television station in Tampa and a cable-TV system in Fredericksburg, Va. Most of Media General's properties are profitable, but labor difficulties have dogged Donnahoe in Richmond and Newark...