| 单词 | cannon |
| 例句 | The Americans must have put cannons all around the city. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He wore a black ski mask and carried a large, complex green water cannon. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Towers rose up at its four corners, each with narrow windows along the sides and a howitzer cannon perched at the top. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One day he found himself among monuments and cannon and rolling hills. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were bronze, the size of cannon balls, perforated like wiffle balls with fire bubbling out the holes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It hit Artemis then, like a blast from a water cannon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They shoot off the cannons in Reverend Hunt’s honor; a great man has gone to his reward in heaven. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maybe one day, he would meet them all, tour their ship, see the gangplank and the cannons for himself, wear the white, poufy shirt of the captain, shake hands with Casanova. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The cannons were blossoming, filling the air with thunder, far enough away to soften and roll, not angry yet, but growing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon roared a salute that shook the town. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Each cannon could blast a twenty-four-pound ball that would streak through the air faster than a person could blink. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The line of huts ran along the bottom, with the muddy road alongside of them, and here and there a cannon or wagon standing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The listing pirate ship turned about to block the man-o’-war’s pursuit with a broadside of cannon blasts. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The bang was like a cannon blast, and the golden flames that erupted between them, at the dead center of the circle they had been treading, marked the point where the spells collided. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Marching along the crest, they could see back to the Thneytown Road and the rows of tents, the hospitals, the endless black rows of more cannon, wagon trains. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nate stood there until finally a cannon blast from somewhere very close jolted him out of his trance. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z A lump of compacted clay sped like a cannon directly at the spot where Butler’s head had been barely a second previously. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In Cleveland, the city that claimed Garfield as its native son, cannons were fired once an hour throughout the night. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Two seconds later, the thunder of the cannons reached us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z These branches might seem gay and cheerful were not cannon embowered there. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the scraping of metal as the guards load the cannons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z One group of men dragged a cannon from the town hall and trained it on Hygeia’s bottling plant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The shot rings out as loud as a cannon blast, tearing through the parrot’s chest. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The noise rolled up, booms that sounded like thunder and cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z More cannons thumped; the dull sound rolled among the hills. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The ladder fell sideways, cannoning into another one that had been set up beside it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the birds circled in panicked confusion, cannons began firing, prompting the birds to relieve themselves over the athletes. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Lining the road were old Civil War cannons and bronze statues of historical figures, which made Annabeth shudder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I figured he was dug in with the troops at Fort Washington, which seemed a good place, what with the strong walls and the cannons protecting it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The drapes parted in the center, and a man in soldier's garb stepped onto the balcony, where a small cannon stood bolted to the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There was still no cannon on the other side. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It fits in your hand,” Royal said, “but it’s as heavy as a cannon.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On my right was what I judged to be an atomic cannon. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of the tramping of boots, contradictory commands, cannon shots that made the earth tremble, wild shooting, and the senseless sound of cornets, the supposed Colonel Stevenson managed to speak to Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He heard cannon fire to the left, closer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the guns began, cannon booming off to the left, where Ewell was. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A tongue of flame flicked out of one of its cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z She knocked once, and in the silence it sounded to Harry like a cannon blast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But once it stops and the cannon signals her death, a hovercraft will move in and retrieve her body, taking the only bow and sheath of arrows I've seen out of the Games for good. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “The Americans don’t have big cannons this far from the forts. The British aren’t supposed to be anywhere near here.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Dimly he realized he’d been hearing the boom of cannon in the distance. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Cannonballs are stacked in pyramids, and there in the middle sits the cannon, impossibly heavy—the copper planks beneath it buckle from its weight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She paused as cannon fire boomed again from the north. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kingdom’s forces on the ground—columns of riflemen, troops equipped with flamethrowers, with poison-spraying cannons, with weapons such as none of the watchers had ever seen—began to disengage and pull back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One after another, the water cannons on the battlements exploded. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The barrel looked as big as a cannon! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A few ran to the nearest water cannon and swung the barrel toward Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Union cannon up on the Rocky Hill would cause trouble. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The screen door slammed shut so hard it whacked him in the butt and sent him flying up the staircase as if hed been shot from a cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At that moment when the sky opened, a hot wind, as from a cannon, blew past the huts from the north. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons in Charleston, South Carolina, fired on the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in the harbor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Slash was stationed on a man-of-war, on the cannon deck. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Glaring at me, he rushed to the cannon, knocking it askew in his haste, and thrust the touchwood against the fuse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘There’s a time for the casting of silver and a time for the casting of cannon. If that’s not in the Bible, it should be.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was noise—the wailing of a thousand screaming throats in the wind, the slapping of the sail sounding like a cannon. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the cannon now, rolled out in front of the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You and I never got along. Why would you want a loose cannon on your team?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z High in the air small clouds like puffs of cannon smoke were driven eastward by the March wind. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, I hear the cannon and I know that Clove has died, that Cato will be on one of our trails. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was deep and hollow, like someone whispering from inside the barrel of a cannon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Several people excitedly threw their hats into the air, some shouted what would have been a loud hurrah, and the rest pushed the heavy cannon into place. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “If two equally dangerous creatures attack our ship simultaneously from opposite sides,” I ask him, “how do we decide which one to take down, since we only have one cannon?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Seconds later, or so it seemed to Harry, he was awakened by what sounded like cannon fire as the door burst open. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He paused, watched the men around him moving into motion, men mounting on horses, cannon moving past and swinging into position, the artillery people beginning to dig trenches alongside the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the cannon is a bucket of polish and a rag. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I’m quiet for a minute, pretending I’m listening to Mike talk about the development of cannons. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, sorry. But if we can get close—” “And if I can knock out the water cannons...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Kate dreamed she was back in the circus, being fired from a cannon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith brings the men to the fort, where two of our cannons sit perched on an artillery platform. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Frank saw plenty of minor injuries—some burns, broken bones, black eyes, cuts and gashes, plus a lot of very interesting hairdos from fires and exploding water cannons—but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “They are blasting some of the houses with cannon,” Lefty explained. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Alarmed by Massasoit’s sudden entrance, the Europeans withdrew to the hill on the opposite bank, where they had emplaced their few cannons behind a half-finished stockade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My heart lifts a bit when I realize he must be alive because no cannon has fired. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z During the last nights we had heard the cannons in the distance. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We could again hear the cannons very close by. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then after some minutes, we heard the small arms cease, the cannons continue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In his sleep a voice echoed down the long dark barrel of a cannon: You have run out of birthdays. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Big cannons and machine gun nests were hidden in caves and tunnels that couldn’t be seen from the air. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever had something go so horribly, horribly, unbelievably badly that you’d like to be loaded into a cannon and jettisoned into the merciless black maw of outer space? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth pulled it off and stuck her hand inside the cannon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After seeing that look in his eye when he picked up the shotgun, I don’t know who’s the looser cannon now, him or Jacqui. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In a contest where only one side had rifles and cannons, historians said, the other side’s motives were irrelevant. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This was useful to experimenters like Hahn, because they could use radioactive elements as tiny cannons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the Crepuscule was armed with but sixteen guns, the noise of their detonation was great, and as we labored to stand in the darkness, cannon blasts quaked the whole ship from strake to stringer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Soldiers sat in their bunkers, smoking cigarettes, shelling all day, and firing cannons at the hills all night long. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There did not seem to be many cannon, but there were many rifles. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Under orders from Mayor Clarkson, a militia company from nearby Fort Mifflin was hauling a small cannon along the streets of Philadelphia, stopping every few yards to fire off another blast. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There was the sound of an occasional cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon was on a small grassy hill overlooking the park. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z American cannon were firing on the Vulture, which quickly weighed anchor and sailed away. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Threatened by Patriot cannon on the high ground, the British leave Boston. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his ink laugh long and loud—then there’s silence...and then he begins pounding on the barrel of the cannon with an iron pole. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In front of the domed courthouse someone had stuck a Confederate flag in the mouth of their public cannon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thyon’s boyhood bed was shaped like a war brig, complete with real sails and riggings, and even miniature cannons, so heavy it took the strength of two maids to rock him to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “The Shu sent them. They were just sitting in First Harbor, cannons out, red flags flying, stuffed to the sails with gold.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All that concentrated attention was like a laser cannon melting through a steel wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Confederate cannons are no match for Custer’s horsemen. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The sound echoed through the tunnel like cannon shots, and I figured we would not be catching anybody by surprise once we reached the bottom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Now it was quieter and die nearby cannon were no longer firing and Lee came forward out of the smoke and the nightmare. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "The wad from the cannon, is my guess," said another. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The thudding wha-boom of its cannons made our own decks quiver. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw one black cannon spout red fire at the limits of his vision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyewitnesses said that Serbian police drove an armored vehicle equipped with a twin-barreled antiaircraft cannon through town, shooting all the way. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There were tanks too—panzers, they called them—great rumbling things with treads that clanked and cannons that swiveled on top. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He took a step toward me, then hesitated and glanced back at the cannon, obviously torn between apprehending me and being faithful to his cue. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a triangular sign above the door with an illustrated logo of a cannon blasting a cheeseburger toward the café’s name, with French fries exploding wayward like fireworks. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The cannon confirms there’s no way to help Wiress, no need to finish off Gloss or Cashmere. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With armies, big ones, and cannons and flags and drums and dress parades! The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z We bring cannons from the ships and mount them on the platforms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I can only say that after living so long with the birds and animals, the movement of a human is like the difference between the explosion of a cap pistol and a cannon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On each wagon, a massive gun barrel—somewhere between the shape of a rifle and a cannon—jutted out into the space where a team of horses would ordinarily be hitched. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Could the cannon shot announcing her death have come in the wee hours of the morning when even my good ear was too broken to pick it up? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He put an arm on the cannon to steady himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannons of his adversary were thundering in the tattered morning when the Majesty of England drew himself up to meet the future with a peaceful heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And poking out of each square was the black muzzle of a cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Fremantle could feel the presence of that vast army; he knew it was there, thousands of men, thousands of horses, miles of cannon, miles of steel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We are forbidden to give the Indians muskets or swords, but Captain Smith is giving them cannons? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z One single shot sounded then a barrage followed it like the roar of a cannon, like the rumble of thunder in a summer thunderstorm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannons were loaded and ready to blast. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how I did that at the river. I’m not sure I can control the cannons from this far away.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She and her staff planned the best way to replicate the opening of the Martian spaceship in Grovers Mill, the bomber planes, a roaring cannon, and the gassing of New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Hayes pushed his way to the front of the group, looming at Clancy’s side like a cannon waiting to be aimed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Coupons are needed for everything, from flour to shoes, and yet the Nazis continue to press for war donations—more woolen clothing for the soldiers and German marks to buy cannons, tanks, and airplanes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Euclid controls the gate to the castle of knowledge, where a mortar and a cannon are being fired to illustrate the path of projectiles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Did police use water cannons and dogs to attack them like they had in other places in the South? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When I was a boy we occasionally found cannon balls and rusted bayonets in the area. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after the cannon marked the evening, Captain Mackay sent his aide, requesting we go forth and pull Serjeant Clippinger from his amusements. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A small fleet of Sixer gunships was descending out of the sky, and they began to fire their laser cannons as soon as they were within range. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He looked about and saw for himself these twelve hundred men were taking with them cannon and baggage wagons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it had not been for the cannons scaring them off, they would have easily killed us all.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z So while my friends got to have pool parties and sleepovers, I got to walk around one battlefield after another, posing for pictures with cannons and Colonial reenactors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “To say we are dead, and to marry the Queen! And then to use cannon...” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The interview is quick, cut off mid-sentence: Anderson Cooper’s face looms on the screen overhead like a disgustingly handsome Hunger Games cannon, announcing they’re ready to call Florida. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But when the news came of the impending attack, Bradford ordered the Pilgrims to fire a cannon to order back the expedition and Tisquantum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He lay in the mat of creepers while the evening advanced and the cannon continued to play. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He has already transmitted the location of one air-defense battery: a cannon on a shelf of rampart beside the Hotel of Bees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A bipedal dinosaur with armor-plated skin and a pair of large cannons mounted on its shoulder blades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cannon that fired early this morning, did that signify his death? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Above, they heard the sounds of battle—kids shouting, Hannibal the elephant bellowing with glee, scorpion bolts exploding, and water cannons firing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sent into Washington’s camp disguised as a peddler, she would bring back solid reports on the number of cannon and the number of Continental troops, regiment by regiment. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s alive, you know,” says the master-at-arms—a seasoned crewman in charge of the cannon, with unpleasant tattoos up and down his arms. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Lizza gasped when the guns in Salem Harbor fired salutes and the cannon on the forts boomed an answer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Shouldn't we have heard a cannon by now?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Milo stood on tiptoe, leaned over into the cannon’s mouth, and parted his lips. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He dumped a charge of powder down the bore of the cannon, rammed in a wad of cloth, and set a fuse in the fuse-hole. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It's late afternoon when I begin to hear the cannons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In Thomas’s mind, Newt was in charge, but he could also be a loose cannon sometimes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The captain orders the master-at-arms to fire the cannon, but the whale submerges too quickly to be fired upon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Get us within firing range! Make ready starboard cannons!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was also armed with a cannon, and behind the tower there was an antiaircraft gun, loaded with a magazine of ten shells. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The practical range of cannon fire was about a mile, so in a battle on land that was the crucial range for improving vision. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sounds of distant cannon fire reached them, but there was no splintering of wood, no splash of iron in the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Lee can see it in the way the artillery crews are positioning their cannons toward his lines. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Nor were they at the baseball field or the basketball court or the tennis courts or the World War I cannon or the playground or the Boy Scout cabin or the picnic area. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But there were definitely cannons going off in my brain, just like Mr. Winston had been talking about. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Overhead the cannon boomed again and the dry palm fronds clattered in a sudden gust of hot wind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The deathly quiet of this Friday morning was shattered by the sharp, echoing boom of a cannon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Across the country, people built bonfires, organized parades, fired guns, shot cannons, and sang patriotic songs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon sounds, her body is removed, and the trumpets blow to announce Haymitch’s victory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone fired a cannon a stone’s throw from where we stood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning home, he was attacked by cannon fire from a castle, and combed the cannonballs from his hair with a 900-foot-long rake. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelling from helicopters and cannons fired from mountaintops was the army. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She still remembered the bursts of fire from distant cannons, the explosions of water on either side of the ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Then came the cannon explosions. British warships had sailed into the river below us, and were blasting us nonstop with cannonballs.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z They heard the muffled thunder of cannons, saw blossoms of flame in the fog. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They must think Hudson is a loose cannon and I’m the summer school know-it-all. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She went on to regale them with stories about circus life—hanging from trapezes, leaping through flaming hoops, getting shot from cannons—until gradually Sticky cheered up, and the matter of parents was dropped. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The boom of the cannon jolts me awake. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And about the patterns you can make if you pile cannon balls. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther down Nate saw three men pulling a cart carrying a huge cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the cannon brings me to a halt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Peeta and I hold on to each other, waiting for the cannon, waiting for the competition to finish, waiting to be released. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The demon sprang forward with a roar like a thousand cannons firing together. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The drummer was banging his biggest kettledrum to make it sound like a rumbling cannon. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After all, soon after Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the United States began shipping planes, tanks, cannons, and food to the desperate Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove by redbrick buildings and white buildings, an army tank with a big white star painted on it, and long, iron cannons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She watches New York City recede; the forts of New Jersey salute her departure with cannons; channel markers bob in the swells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The engineers had built a stone fortress with an iron portcullis, guard towers, scorpion ballistae, water cannons, and no doubt many other nasty surprises for the defenders to use. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A blast of cannon fire sounded from the Battery, more royal celebrations. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the little county seat, the bunting was spread out by the yard, flags flew from almost every house, a long unused cannon boomed from the cliffs above the river. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His dreams were filled with horror—of unblinking Hessian eyes, Samuel’s body crumpled on the ground, the explosions of cannons and muskets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z They were old cannons from old wars, now just army decorations. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “This is war. Even our churches are making the sacrifice, delivering their bells to be recast as cannon. Surely you do not rate your home above the houses of God?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Collins said, “What have we here, Mr. Bowditch? A private store of cannon balls?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Austrians at the Hotel of Bees use a crane to lower an 88-millimeter cannon onto a bastion in the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Impressed by what they saw, the earls introduced cannons to the English army, which adopted them enthusiastically and already used them against French soldiers at the battle of Crecy six years later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Indian men gather around one of the cannons to lift it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As if fired from a cannon, the priest himself came hurtling out, with his pelican daemon in a wild flutter of feathers and injured pride. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If you fired a cannon to the west, the ball would go further than if you fired it to the east. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, Jeremiah added another with a cannon shot from fifteen yards out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If the British took Brooklyn, they would put their cannons on Brooklyn Heights. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The city swelled by the hour with Loyalist refugees who wanted to live under the protection of British cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The King of Abomey was just delighted to find out he could trade fifteen of his former neighbors for one good Portuguese cannon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon’s missile, trailing its gossamer tow line, arced high into the sky and then its parasail unfurled, red and gold, bright in the sky with Patel Global’s colors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no weapon on Earth as powerful as a big cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He could see the lips move, see tears on all the faces, but he could not hear that sound, the sound of the cannon was too great. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the cove, the crimson hulks of Oxscinian Royal Navy ships lay at anchor, decks spiked with cannons. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Over on the Common Johnny found Earl Percy’s regiment unlimbering, polishing two cannons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The dust rose up through everything, turning the red uniforms, the cannons, the wagons all a greyish brown. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, I am abducted by crewmen I don’t know and taken to clean the cannon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They fired dozens of cannons at once, unleashing a crushing wave of metal balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The ferry sauropod navigated between huge armored warships and around a steamboat before docking alongside an ancient wooden frigate with cannons poking out of either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A second cannon fires and I'm guessing the girl from District 4 has just died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I reach Glimmer just as the cannon fires. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It had involved acid-spitting serpent heads, much screaming, and a cannon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With the first blast of the great cannon, all were awake. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She finds the opening atop the walls where four ceremonial cannons point to sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That was followed by a cannon shot from Christian ten yards out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Pard’n me, sir,” Carlyle says, “but maybe the bird is right. A keelhauling will leave him useless, if not dead. And the cannon needs a good cleaning if we’re to battle the beasts ahead.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Everywhere he saw signs of the retreat: The heavy tracks of cannon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped loading for a moment to listen to the crump-crump-crump of cannon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A cannon barrage could kill hundreds instantly, and Grant’s cannons are certainly close enough to do the job. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z If you have a barn, and it’s still standing in the morning, it’ll have rocks and keys and bolts embedded in the wood like they were shot from cannon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We watched at night by moonlight as they lugged cannon past our door on the way to Concord and Acton. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He runs across the sand at full tilt, then stops and stares up at the ramparts rearing above him as though imagining pennants and cannons and medieval archers ranged along the parapets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Through all that the Reb cannon were firing steadily and smoke was filling up the hollow between the armies and no one could see the motion of the troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And the beautiful bursts of light across the harbor, the roar of the cannons giving the men an excuse to put their arms around their frightened sweethearts!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If you want to tie down a loose cannon, you can’t give it much rope, follow?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Hood said, “How can you mount cannon in that?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The broad spray of fire was advancing up the road at two hundred miles an hour, a rattling hailstorm din of cannon rounds hitting metal and glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But they were all gone, melted and reformed into cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The extraordinary mobility and accurate aim with which he placed his twenty cartridges gave the impression that the barracks was well-defended, and the attackers blew it to pieces with cannon fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Magdalys prayed none of those cannons hit the mast he was on top of. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For a moment, there was no sound except water from the ruined cannons trickling down the walls of the fort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The word explodes through the room like a cannon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We follow him to the fort and our soldiers work to load the cannons and aim them squarely at the Discovery. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Forty years old, with a thick mustache and the posture of a flagpole, Liddy was known around Washington as intelligent, fiercely loyal, and something of a loose cannon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When the curtain of smoke cleared, Nate could see ten cannons lined up in a row. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z A combat wound, well healed, such as a leg blown off by cannon fire, would become new, open, horrible, even after decades of healing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Them Hessians killt lots. Blood was running like water, they say. They fired them cannons from the ships. Blew arms and legs everywhere. Heads, too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest British warship of them all were called men-of-war—floating cities that could hold a thousand men and almost a hundred big cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Jack burst through the aisle as if he’d been shot from a cannon and was off the bus and down the sidewalk in a blink. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Many Eurasian societies developed large sailing ships, some of them capable of sailing against the wind and crossing the ocean, equipped with sextants, magnetic compasses, sternpost rudders, and cannons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’s feeding you to the cannons so he can be safe! If you don’t die, he’ll stick your neck under his boot again.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And get word to Concord. The cannons and stores had best be hidden.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with water cannons and massive hoses, they shot thick streams of canal water up into the third-story windows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I realize he must be the one who fired the cannon. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A cannon shell burst in the air nearby, raining fragments in the wet leaves around him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Boats and oversize yachts crashed into each other with noises that sounded like cannons and gunfire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A cannon blast brings us all together on the beach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had laughed when he handled it, a fat baby gun that would be loud as a cannon. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d hear the roar of that cannon all through the city in those days. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been drawing pictures of myself being shot out of a cannon. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z By the time of the Crusaders it was long swords and arrows, and at Gettysburg they were blasting each other to bits from cannons filled with lead balls, iron chains, railroad spikes, and door knobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The ship's cannon fired suddenly, sending the slave women on deck scurrying for cover. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I haven't heard the cannons fire yet, so perhaps Glimmer is in some sort of coma, her heart still struggling against the wasp venom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now I could see cannons, each of them about twelve feet long and drawn by two horses. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a cannon shot, it could have been easily lost in the subsequent explosions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At certain intersections were deposited mortars and cannon, a few idle powder-monkeys lying atop them to guard them, awaiting commands or playing cards in the shadow of these engines of destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Its safety in isolation came to an end in 1853, when the visit of Commodore Perry’s U.S. fleet bristling with cannons convinced Japan of its need to resume gun manufacture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Fire shot out of the cannons of the Idaho, the Nevada, the New York, and the Tennessee. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie clung to my trail, following me past riveted metal machines, past imposing cannons and naval guns, past armored plates and display cases of mortars and bullets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He heard the first cannon: Calef’s Battery opening up down the road, grinned again. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the clicking of the lock, so loud that it could have been a cannon. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At exactly four forty-five, sunset, the warship Michigan fired one of its cannon and continued to fire twenty times more as one thousand men quietly took up positions at each of the exposition’s flags. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A water cannon discharged with a jaw-rattling THRUM, and a jet of liquid carved a trench in the dirt right in front of the cohort. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Redcoats and Hessians who made it to the forts would face dozens of cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Drums beat and fifes blew and beneath everything was the steady clockwork blast of the British cannons firing at the troops stationed north of us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a clipper bow, and on her foredeck was mounted a three-inch cannon. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The captain had judged the winds acceptable to use the high sails and the boom of the Buckell cannon had shaken the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This made matters easier for the reverend, who could pray the way he wanted without worry of insulting men who owned the rebel cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Johnny went on his way passing Munroe Tavern where Percy had joined Colonel Smith—he could see the marks of the cannon and the destruction they caused. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Water cannon up my nose!” yelled a third. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Scared, the Pilgrims hauled five small cannons from the Mayflower and emplaced them in a defensive fortification. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They were supposed to meet at the World War I cannon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Taylor led Adina to the arsenal the girls had made in the jungle weeks before, and Adina cleared away vines and leaves from the catapult, the cannon, the stash of beauty product weapons. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “A robot with a trigger that shot glass projectiles. It was a cannon! You could’ve put somebody’s eye out with that thing.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “One thing about war I just don’t like. Different, you know? Not like guns and cannon. Other men feel same way. You know what I mean?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were posting cannon along the ridge by moonlight: pleasant looming shapes, rolling caissons. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now once more he could expect the big thunder of cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first Reb cannon were in position, limbering up easily, casually, getting the range. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The far-off rumble of cannon fire faded into silence, replaced by the hissing of the ship on the waves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a powder monkey, which meant it was his job to rush heavy bags of explosive gunpowder to the men loading the cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z On the opening day, they don't even fire the cannons until the initial fighting's over because it's too hard to keep track of the fatalities. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But his eyes, empty as fired cannons, shoot way past me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon’s mouth in days gone by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have time to—” A loud clanging sound cut the man off, a metallic bang that shot through the air like a cannon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The cannons fired once more, then fell silent. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Down a dark hatch we go where the massive cannon awaits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Everyone must clean the cannon at least once each voyage,” I am told. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Ever since I came out of the cannon mostly intact, the other sailors look at me in awe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Above them, on the Union lines, a cannon thumped, the ball passed overhead, exploded in an open field among the dead bodies. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon went off, a full thirty seconds late, and the man descended on me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Those cannons were shot from this side of the ridge.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I heard voices coming toward me, officers yelling orders to ready the cannons. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The cannons are aimed, for the moment, at cattle upon the glacis, and children batting at the sky with sticks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It sounds like a thunderstorm in the distance, with the rumble of cannons, and every so often the sky lights up like lightning. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was standard procedure with any police force in the world to send in the cannon fodder first before opening negotiations. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd—like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He looked up at the ridge, but he could see only a few black cannon, a single flag. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Like at my fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga battlefield, I had this accident with a Revolutionary War cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And with a cannon ball and a lantern, he showed Johnny how the earth goes around the sun. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A Jesuit mathematician did the geometry calculations to determine the distance to a stockpile of gunpowder the Dutch had brought ashore and the angle of elevation at which the cannon should be set. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Heard all them stories my dad used to tell, about five-hundred-pound fish flying ten feet into air, like they were launched from a cannon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Someone has boarded one of the ships and is shooting the cannons! Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In the middle was a trapezoid- shaped casemate with slats on each side for cannons. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “The cannons to the heavens, the heavens to earth.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I remember around three o'clock that afternoon I was standing way the hell up on top of Thomsen Hill, right next to this crazy cannon that was in the Revolutionary War and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The sound of the cannon startles me, although it makes little impression on my sleeping companions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The men ahead were kneeling to fire at the blue men on the far side of the wall, firing at the gunners of the terrible cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar of cannon shook the kitchen just after midday and made me near jump out of my skin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannon exploded in a starburst of blue, green, and white. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Already skilled at handling small guns, the boys quickly learned to operate the flak, the larger 88-mm antiaircraft cannon. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The transport sphere plowed along the trench, past all the fortified city’s defenses: walls, moats, machicolations, crossbow cannons, drawbridges, bristling spear pits, bladed gates, and giant mechanical grinders. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Her Majesty, the Austrians call their cannon, and for the past week these men have tended to it the way worker bees might tend to a queen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The true invasion of New York started with the Firing of a hundred ships’ cannons when we were at church Sunday morning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z From all about, the roar of cannons and shouts of orders reached our ears; the water itself which nestled the hull spake of the battle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The boom of a cannon pulls me up short. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Both your MRI and CAT scan showed nothing out of the ordinary,” it says, looking at the clipboard—and you don’t argue, because you don’t want to be shoved back into the cannon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At noon, while General Moncada was lunching with Úrsula, a rebel cannon shot that echoed in the whole town blew the front of the municipal treasury to dust. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “What will she do? What will be her passion?” your aunts would ask when they came over to cook on great holidays, which called for cannon salutes back home but meant nothing at all here. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He could look directly down on the gray crest of Little Round Top, saw the gunners there rising and stretching and heating coffee near black cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer was running a message to the Ladee Bar from the first officer of the Gossamer, a sleek trimaran with fixed wind-wing sails and an impressive Buckell cannon on its foredeck, when everything went wrong. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When he went to bed Friday night he had decided what he would do: He would not show up at the cannon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Every hundred paces along the path, they come across a big steel cap beneath which a soldier would direct cannon fire at whomever was trying to take the hill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A tremendous KABOOM! roared out of the crawl space, followed by a cannon blast of dust and debris. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I am pushed headfirst into the mouth of the cannon, sliding down its cold, rough throat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He shoots out of the bedroom like it’s a cannon, and a second later he’s already at the fridge. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The British moved their small cannons up the hill and took aim, but I loaded. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I take one futile step in her direction when I hear the cannon blast, know her heart has stopped, that she is dead. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the cannon fire swept on, hurtling down the column, chased by the fighter’s roar and the flicker of its shadow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Just after dawn, the sound of American alarm cannons boomed through the fort. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z On April 6, 1775, Gage’s mole in the Sons of Liberty reported that he had seen four stolen British cannon and other weapons in Concord. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In one dream I was on a bobbing boat trying shoot a destroyer that was firing its cannons at me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Every evening, when a seaside cannon signals the sunset, he goes off into the woods to play catch with Sam, one of several dead people Charlie is able to see. | 'Charlie St. Cloud': Zac Efron Plays With Phantoms in the Northwest 2010-07-29T21:53:00Z The wreck was in great condition considering it sank in 1706 and there were lots of artefacts to discover including large cannons, cannonballs and barrels containing animal bones! Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Their albums are risky and unpredictable, the result of loose cannons allowed to fire freely. Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg, Hip-Hop Progressives 2013-08-15T16:50:54Z Old cannons that were once meant to protect the coast against French invasion still dot the town’s higher points. Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The little girl counted down from three, as her dad struggled to pop a confetti cannon. Dad blasted in crotch when gender reveal goes wrong 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “It’s the most exciting job, the most challenging job. But I just think it’s such a shame that some directors and producers look at us as cannon fodder.” 'It's a terribly fine line': the stunt performers risking their lives for Hollywood 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Halfway through “Jump,” the inevitable finale, some confetti cannons fired at the foot of the stage, and he dashed off, returning with a giant checkered flag. Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-29T10:18:40Z Overwrought professors explain the taxonomy of monsters; Dave shoots said monsters using a T-shirt cannon loaded with knockoff Shrouds of Turin. Everything you think you know about ghosts is wrong 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “My mother’s favorite. Named after a cannon in the war.” ‘The Nutcracker’ and the Sex Tape 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “Shot from the same cannon, you’re sent on a blind date for the rest of your lives.” Review | A memoirist faces the consequences of revealing her family’s secret past 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z With voice stars Jack Black and Angelina Jolie returning, "Kung Fu Panda 2" follows the menagerie of martial-arts heroes as they face a villain aiming to conquer ancient China with gunpowder and cannons. 'Hangover' hurls up huge numbers with $86.5M debut 2011-05-29T18:19:13Z The reception room of his city palace is dominated by two huge cannons on wheels. Review: Renée Fleming’s Poignant Farewell to ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z When cannon fire is heard in the distance, and you are a woman at home with your children, do you stay or flee? Books of The Times: ?The Beauty and the Sorrow,? by Peter Englund - Review 2011-11-10T22:18:39Z “It blows out of cannon ports up above, and then falls onto the stage, and very often turns the pages of the musicians as they play.” The Sydney Opera House Goes Quiet. Finally. 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The remainder of Teenage Dream blows hot and cold, alternating Perry's kiss-me-quick sensibility with the commercial raunch required of all hit-machine cannon fodder. Katy Perry: Teenage Dream 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z In May 2013, a sit-in over the demolition of Istanbul’s Gezi Park gave rise to a nationwide movement after police intervened with tear gas and water cannons. ‘Will You Come With Me?’ Review: Love in the Age of Revolution 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The heart of her message is aimed at painting Donald Trump as a loose cannon and a poor role model, and Hillary Clinton as hard-working and conscientious. How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can’t 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z In a true friendship, people grow and change and sometimes, give a lot of raw snails to a new somebody who shot into your community in a flaming meteor cannon. "The Rings of Power" shows us a new side of Middle-earth: girlfriends 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z There are also neon-lit rails to grind, colourful cannons to blast you towards your next destination, and sections that involve hopping between moving hover cars while endeavouring not to destroy them. This week's new games 2011-07-22T23:07:37Z A baleful section on these developments, as reflected in photographs, posters and children’s books, is highlighted by startling kimonos for Japanese children patterned with images of warplanes, bombs and cannons. ‘Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000’ at MoMA 2012-07-26T16:28:17Z He's a loose cannon with fuzzy intentions who gets caught up in a table-turning scheme that threatens Lydia's big break — and sets Howard's moral compass spinning. Clark Gregg's 'Trust Me' is fun but gets convoluted 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z “I do not agree with Chris Bedford’s vision of rewriting the cannon of art history by rectifying the wrongs of the past. I certainly do not believe that one sells masterpieces to fund diversity.” Donors rescind $50 million in gifts over Baltimore museum’s planned sale of Warhol painting 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z They would sound to warn parishioners of invasion, or declare victory in battle, and would typically be dismantled by invaders to silence the conquered – often to be made into cannons. Hey, what's that sound: Bells 2010-05-24T16:21:00Z At a time when a Tory-led government once again stands accused of treating young people as economic cannon fodder, the echoes are there in the underlying context. London burning: history just went sci-fi 2011-08-08T11:46:42Z In Paul Steinberg's lovingly rendered abstraction of the Indomitable, the enormous cannon doubles as a corridor into Vere's impossibly white cabin. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z There is a contrivance to both story and script which grates: one thing about the appeal of Murray is that a loose cannon. St. Vincent: I can't get no beatification – Toronto film festival review 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z You get the feeling Jay-Z – nothing if not canny – is prepared to align himself with another loose cannon in exchange for some of West's inspiration. Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne - review 2011-08-11T14:30:01Z It’s a historical footnote now, a moment of chain-of-command slapstick that reinforced the idea of the gung-ho secretary as a loose cannon. The Americans Watch: Honey, I Forgot to Duck 2013-02-21T14:29:25Z About six years ago he added an air cannon to his arsenal that shoots its orange ammo 1,500 feet toward an old metal tank. Smasher, Smasher, How Do Your Pumpkins Throw? 2010-10-21T18:02:00Z "I have a dream of becoming Britain's premier Human Cannonball," says one man, wheeling on a cannon which will propel him upwards of 30 metres into the air. Dragons' Den: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-07-29T23:08:45Z Most of us boys, on graduation from high school in the 1960s and turning 18, registered for the draft and were, fairly soon, classified 1-A—or prime cannon fodder. Donald Trump is a chicken-hawk and a hypocrite: The real story about Vietnam and the draft 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s an awful vision of black rank-and-file soldiers as heroic volunteers and cannon fodder, and the movie ignores the sufferings of these soldiers in battle. Review: What “Avengers: Endgame” Could Have Been 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z She also gave me the bound periodicals that consisted of the entire cannon of Johnson Publishing: Jet, as well as Black World and Negro Digest, Ebony, Ebony Jr. and Tan, a magazine for lighter-skinned women. Artist Theaster Gates on W.E.B. DuBois and what Donald Trump doesn't get about Chicago 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z For kids: Costumed interpreters tap volunteers to help with cannon demonstrations at 3:05 p.m. each day. Come Home to Virginia 2010-05-05T15:28:00Z Through a secret door you’ll find a stairwell, its walls covered in dead stock paper printed with eagles, cannons and railroads. | Tiny's and the Bar Upstairs 2011-04-15T19:20:58Z Rusted old cannons are scattered about town, and black, pitted anchors decorate squares. Car-free Hydra is a Greek island idyll 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z After passing Governors Island, the Hermione sent a round of cannon blasts echoing off the buildings of Lower Manhattan before gliding into port. The Hermione Sails Into New York Harbor, Cannons Blazing 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z And with that, the jumping section, which the dancer Kennis Hawkins likens to “being shot out of a cannon,” is intended to be both unapologetic and bereft of irony. John Jasperse Prepares His New Work, ?Canyon? 2011-11-13T05:00:10Z For the uninitiated, Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, likes to tweet out big stories with one-word commentary: “Boom,” often with video of a tiny cannon blowing something up. ‘Is this a thing? Is this a . . . boom?’: How Washington copes with the insane Trump-era news cycle 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Classic moments have been added to the show's cannon, and the ship has been steadied for what could have been a turbulent summer. Have you been watching... The Daily Show with John Oliver? 2013-07-25T11:17:08Z It was one of the biggest cannon explosions you can imagine. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z The original version also included a lantern, purse, cannon and a rocking horse. Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly with new token 2013-01-10T01:48:09Z And what is it about On The Road that ensures successive generations of readers are enthralled by the exploits of the impressionable young Sal Paradise and loose cannon Dean Moriarty? The Magic of Kerouac, On the Road and Teenage Experience 2012-07-06T11:00:00Z This week’s installment was the bridge between the beginning of the final showdown and the sound of the first cannon that will signal an all-out war. The Walking Dead Watch: When the Dead Come Knocking 2012-11-26T05:18:27Z But on the day of the march, Cheng was hit by a water cannon and forced to leave early. 'Society is suffering': Hong Kong protests spark mental health crisis 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Or were they too often focused on Boy George the drug-addicted loose cannon? | His Influence More Pervasive Than Ever, Boy George Stages a Comeback 2014-02-12T13:07:15Z And then, when you are attacking cities, you must endure the same procedure of firing your cannons at enemy cannoneers who seem to be in the exact same spots every time. Video Game Review: Down to the Seas Again, With Remote in Hand 2010-10-11T21:59:00Z These include alienation, coming from a society with a youthful population bulge or a high male-to-female ratio and, for the people who wind up being used as cannon fodder by the terrorists, poverty. Private Trauma Gives Jessica Stern Insights on Terrorism 2010-06-29T21:43:00Z "Game of Thrones" is saying that we already think of black and brown and poor kids as cannon fodder. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The new sultan is marching on Constantinople with a set of mighty cannons that may allow him to breach the city’s ancient walls. Review | Anthony Doerr’s ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ is a convoluted love letter to books 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The zombies here are never faceless cannon fodder. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Shooter Games Get Easier, and That Makes Change Harder 2012-12-24T21:00:27Z It is brilliant what they make, proper proper, a thing of beauty – if a nine-barrelled cannon capable of taking out dozens of advancing Frenchmen and horses can be beautiful. A Great British Air Disaster; Beat the Ancestors – TV review 2013-02-25T07:00:18Z Four works consist of sheets of lead rolled like carpets; one, called “Bullet,” resembles a large-caliber cannon shell. Art Review: ‘Richard Serra: Early Work,’ at David Zwirner 2013-04-18T21:06:14Z Which is one way of saying the place has its own waterpark complete with flumes, cannon and one of those lazy rivers engineered to float you gently around a circuit on an inflatable. Justin Bieber gets baptised in a bathtub 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z A paperboy pulls a wagon that shoots today’s news out of pneumatic cannons. ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: It’s Only a Paper Moon 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z He had dropped the curtain inside the theater, and when it was raised, revealing the actors and the fake cannon, the audience cheered. Signature names librettist John Weidman as Sondheim Award winner 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z He’s picking obvious targets, painting them with wide brushes, then taking cannon shots that can’t miss. Music: Pareles and Caramanica on Springsteen?s ?Wrecking Ball? 2012-03-02T21:32:35Z “The fact that it’s about the world in shock and ruin because of a virus similar to Covid-19 makes it read as if it’s been shot out of a cannon.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The National Ballet of Canada is bucking precedent by not inviting stars of the Toronto Raptors basketball team or other local celebrities to fire the cannon in its battle scene. Perspective | Don’t share the lipstick! How ballet companies are planning covid-free ‘Nutcrackers.’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Britton brings Tami to life as a snappy loose cannon whose mix of easy confidence and vulnerability makes her impossible not to root for. Everything you need to know about "Friday Night Lights" 2010-05-01T23:01:00Z The Alamo has weathered cannon blasts, Santa Anna’s army and urban growth. The Set for ‘The Alamo’ Hopes to Live Again as a Theme Park 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The ball scene becomes a full-theater party, with confetti cannons fired from the upper balconies. Music Review: Stefan Herheim?s ?Rusalka,? at Th??tre Royal de la Monnaie 2012-03-09T23:41:56Z Ken may be a loose cannon among drivers, but he’s as tightly settled at home as a valve cover in a gasket. The Airbrushed Racing History of “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z For the first time, there are installations inside Castle Williams, an early-19th-century fortification that once housed a battery of cannons to protect New York Harbor. In NYC This Weekend? Here Are 2 Art Shows, 2 Operas and 5 Plays 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z They might end up cannon fodder or unemployed, or fighting only private wars against the world. Fourth plinth battle: the heroic child takes the cake 2010-08-19T14:44:00Z "The cannon signals that it is time to start thinking about lunch!" Socca is the crêpe of the Mediterranean South 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z But musicals, built on ensembles and choral singing, inevitably make groups out of individuals; the confetti cannon aims equally at us all. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Whoever takes it on should be told to focus first and foremost on the ideas that made The Matrix so intriguing, rather than blowing audiences away with giant FX cannons. The Matrix rebooted: do we want to go down the rabbit hole again? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The recent restoration of the ancient Roman sculpture owned by the Baths of Diocletian Museum in Rome and currently adorning Berlusconi's office, has proved ideal cannon fodder for the international press. Silvio Berlusconi's restoration work is no cock-up 2010-11-22T11:40:00Z Immediately after the Regatta, a cannon blast signals the start of Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day Boat Parade. Time to hit the water on Opening Day of boating season 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Now they are prisoners to a regime that is happy to use them as cannon fodder. Paying the price 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z A cannon was initially found as part of the wreck but archaeologists at the time misidentified it as dating from a different historical period, Clifford told CNN. Shipwreck off Haiti could be Columbus’Santa Maria, explorers say 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The festival includes a hay fort, jumping pillows, paintball, farm animals, corn cannons and pig races. At corn mazes, getting lost is part of the fun 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z It gets them colouring in scenes and characters from the iconic Dr Seuss books, with digital stickers and a virtual glitter cannon thrown in. The 50 best apps for children 2012-08-04T16:24:08Z The object he currently pines for is a cannon on the riverbed at Rotherhithe, on the south bank. T Magazine: The Wading Game 2011-05-20T18:06:59Z “It may end in your giving up the cannons for the sake of the Salvation Army,” she warns. Review: ‘Major Barbara’ at Brave New World Repertory in Brooklyn 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Aided by dancers, confetti cannons and a man in a mirrored suit, the Canadian band revived revellers' spirits with a series of arms-aloft anthems. Arcade Fire warm Glastonbury crowd 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z He had his own Union Army uniform and liked to fire “bombs” from his toy cannon. A boy makes his home at White House for first time in a half-century 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Historians have complained that during the draft riots of 1863, cannons never actually fired on the Five Points neighborhood where this crime drama is set. A Guide to Watching Scorsese Movies Like an Insider 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Because you’re so suddenly shot out of a cannon, and you really don’t know how to behave.” She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z As Craig told me in that initial interview, he assumed he’d been invited to audition as cannon fodder, to make it easier to choose someone else for the part. Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel Craig 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z That’s no news on Broadway, which never met a conceptual problem it couldn’t attack with confetti cannons and other weapons of what we might call hyperdesign. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Most will be cannon fodder, victims of harrowing battles we are not spared. ‘War Horse’ is a peak theater experience | Review 2013-02-14T23:31:38Z It was Callner’s idea to put Cher on a cannon on a Navy ship in the video “If I Could Turn Back Time.” He Might Be the Most Influential Director You’ve Never Heard Of 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z They’ll fight it out with the royal artillery, then turn the enemy’s own cannons on them. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z One 2017 work, “Camouflage,” show an army tank, with a bright orange daisy planted in its cannon, in front of a colorful Iranian mosque. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Her parents had been Ringling’s human cannon balls, and were devastated by the closing. Ringling Circus Is Returning. Lions, Tigers and Dumbo Are Not. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Its opening movement, after all, is a huge battle scene, with solid, full orchestra chords standing in for throttling cannon blasts, and a sense of struggle in every bar. Music Review: Renderings Energetic and Brash 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z "Kevin's a big star now, but he doesn't need private jets, because he likes to be shot out of a cannon." The jokes, folks: Justin Bieber's roasters get a walloping of their own 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The gas-powered ship, labeled André on one side and Georges on the other, is detailed with portholes, cannons, deck guns, “two searchlights, six ventilators and an anchor,” according to the catalog. Antiques: Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture 2010-12-10T00:01:00Z The “Phil Collins Collection Preview” includes a brass cannon used by the Mexican Army during the Battle of the Alamo and the original battle orders that called for the attack on the Alamo. Singer Phil Collins’ Alamo artifacts collection on display 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Spiegelman never imagined that it would become such a cultural and historical behemoth, or that decades later, it would become “cannon fodder in the culture wars,” as he put it. Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’ 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Wasting no time, this opening chapter discharges big questions serially, like a cannon. Review | The cranky, bossy, sad, brave, beloved Olive Kitteridge is back in ‘Olive, Again’ — and better than ever 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z They were possibly going for the same kind of weirdness that Armie Hammer achieved with his hot dog cannon bit at the Oscars last year. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In the audience were approximately 60 hollering women, including one who carried a “cash cannon” that she used to spray dollar bills like bullets across the stage while going “Wooooo.” Jim Graham served four terms in the D.C. Council. Now, he promotes all-nude stripper nights. 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But like many rebels, he’s not a loose cannon; he’s just adhering to a different set of values than the ones expected of him. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z Outside, the house’s owner sets off a small cannon. Ragnar Kjartansson’s exuberant work at Hirshhorn is a party celebrating mediocrity 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He ordered the ship overfilled with cannons, which proved waaay too heavy. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Am I judging Trump too harshly? He isn’t the only infantile leader the world has ever seen. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z A blank shot fired from one of the Aurora's cannons on Nov. 7, 1917, signaled the start of the storming of the Winter Palace, which forced the Russian government to capitulate several hours later. Bolshevik Revolution icon Aurora returns to St. Petersburg 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z Spears and Aguilera both came of age during this time, and both grew up under the burning microscope of the tabloids, where their bodies were regularly used as cannon fodder. Britney Spears' troubling body comments, the role of the tabloids and her father 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z A particular challenge was how to handle the character of Jinx, who is playful and colorful, and a loose cannon. ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Beats and the Universe of ‘Dune’: What ‘Arcane’ Is Made of 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Such linguistic confusion plagues the frantic souls portrayed in this production, which is directed at the pace of a speeding cannon ball by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Review: ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Because both the play and the Spanish fleet are doomed, the prop cannon backfires, and pyrotechnic special effects simulate an onstage blaze. Signature names librettist John Weidman as Sondheim Award winner 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z There a figure stands next to a cannon in a bright-blue Continental Army coat and white bonnet with a ramrod at her side. ‘I’m in this war too!’: U.S. Army Women’s Museum gives credit where it’s due 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z "It was like a cannon shot," Martin said. `Spider-Man' stunt goes awry; is show in peril? 2010-12-21T22:36:22Z Walters, however, did not accept the apology and instead, called Behar "a loose cannon." What we learned from "The View" reunion, from the fight that started it all to Joy Behar's firing 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z But without her own exclamation points to end the sentence, she fell back on confetti cannons. Meghan Trainor powers through illness, relies on doo-wop at Fillmore 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z It was Rihanna herself, working the icy cool pop princess thing in red wig and tutu, playing well off Eminem's loose cannon energy for a "Love the Way You Lie" duet. 10 best moments from MTV's Video Music Awards 2010-09-13T12:36:00Z Watch for boat traffic, waves rolling off the seawall and “pirate” ships carrying zealous kids with water cannons. Paddlers don’t have to look far to find stellar kayak excursions in the Mid-Atlantic 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z When our group reaches freedom, we are greeted by a predominantly black militia firing their muskets and a cannon. In Florida, Solemn Shadows of the Early Underground Railroad 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The best bit is the moment of release itself – bears and panthers coming out of boxes like cannon balls and missiles, respectively. TV review: Agony & Ecstasy: A Year With English National Ballet; Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India; Horizon: Predators in Your Backyard 2011-03-08T22:05:01Z In writing "Sissy," I’ve taken my glitter cannon and pointed it at the heart of gender shame and trauma. "Sissy" author Jacob Tobia says we all have "a coming-of-gender story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not, but whichever the case, the video reinforced the idea of Mr. Bieber as a loose cannon, someone decreasingly in control of his own narrative. Justin Bieber’s So-Watched Life 2013-12-20T20:45:07Z Abel watches as the rebel soldier leaps to the wounded child's aid and both are evaporated in the blast of a cannon. 'Wilderness': from the fog of war to the Olympic Peninsula 2012-09-07T23:57:19Z At rallies, meetings and marches, songs inspired the unarmed soldiers of the movement as they waded into streets lined with baton-wielding police, snarling dogs and water cannons. Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z So if you’re looking for metaphors, call her a loose cannon if you must. The media’s eternal sexism around Lara Logan 2014-05-06T14:25:00Z Mellencamp, 58, has established a reputation during his career as a bit of a loose cannon disdainful of music industry niceties. Rocker John Mellencamp likens Internet to A-bomb 2010-08-18T07:20:00Z Former managers for the actor Johnny Depp have alleged he spent $3m firing the late author Hunter S Thompson’s ashes from a cannon. Johnny Depp spent $3m blasting Hunter S Thompson's ashes from cannon, ex-managers claim 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z There was a mini-Duff air blimp, and a battery of T-shirt cannons blazing away. 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z He’s relaxed, one hand on hip, the other leaning on a cannon. Presidential Portraits: Staring History in the Face 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Until the French revolution, when it was melted down for cannon, a plaque at the centre of the maze showed Theseus killing the minotaur and Ariadne holding the thread that led back to the light. The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers – review 2013-07-12T15:15:00Z Mr. Henry’s company removed other Confederate statues, cannons and assorted items from Richmond over the next nine days. For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z In fact, projections show what will likely happen: The boy appears in a soldier’s uniform with a rifle, cannon fodder for the war to come. Review: The Searing Beauty of Kentridge’s ‘Wozzeck’ at the Met 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Hanging on the gallery walls are framed, digitally processed, colored diptychs with an attractive woman pictured on one side and some kind of impressive military weaponry like tanks, cannons or rockets on the other. Art In Review: PETER PILLER: Umschläge 2013-04-18T20:28:54Z Throughout the 100-minute sensory stew, delirious fans also encountered: confetti cannons, smoke machines, light-up gongs, oversize disco balls, blinking streamers, colored balloons, and lots and lots of pastel spotlights and giant inflatable objects. The Flaming Lips bring the whole bag of props to 9:30 Club 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z I love the little nods, like in the episode where Ada Lovelace is firing the cannon in the showroom in London. "Doctor Who" star Jodie Whittaker on the Time Lord's new (old) enemies and advice for her successor 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Of course we came to know and love him as the incorrigible loose cannon of Baltimore homicide. When good TV goes bad: how The Wire lost its spark 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z They are basically cannon fodder for Union J, so don't get used to them. The X Factor finalists: who are you rooting for? 2012-10-01T11:40:11Z There are gifts exchanged by French royalty and their visitors, such as a cast-iron cannon presented by the Kingdom of Siam to Louis XIV in 1686. Met Museum Brings Some Versailles to New York 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z We’re immediately bombarded by several war machines, including a tank that fires cannons in every direction, a ladder for scaling city walls and an easy-to-assemble bridge, designed to flee from an enemy. Leonardo’s spirit lives on in his hometown of Vinci, Italy 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The emperor, determined to secure his place in history and casting an eye at the cannons of the encroaching West, has decided that blade-chucking killers may not be the most flattering examples of his legacy. Movie Review: In ‘The Guillotines,’ Elite Assassins Are in Pursuit 2013-06-13T23:22:15Z Their Ibiza reunion party tonight features all those lovely clubbing extras like UV cannons, foam, projectors, performers, makeup and body artists, plus the Pussycat Paparazzi to welcome you in. Clubs picks of the week 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z In fact, the cannon fires at the balloons, the box explodes and the singer tumbles from a wire to land upon the stage. Pink 2010-06-13T21:46:00Z Yet when he offered his services to the ruler of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he promised to invent bridges, cannons and war machines. A New Biography of the Renaissance Genius 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z "The thing about doing a studio movie is that it's like getting shot out of a cannon." "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z “You can’t think of anything more important to the rock ‘n’ roll cannon than the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,” she said. Who really had the album of the year? Emily Lazar did. 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Clocks shout slogans, lightning taunts thunder, flutes envy cannons, days of the week bicker. No Longer Driving a Cab, a Syrian Writer in America Focusses on His Fiction 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z It was a steep natural fortress augmented by man-made battlements, bristling with rusty cannons that commanded the far reaches of the surrounding ocean. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z I never properly covered, for instance, people who collect antique cannons, tractors, eyeglasses, ice cream scoops and opium bottles. Magnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z He twice quoted Guts, a swordsman motivated by revenge whose left forearm is replaced by a prosthetic which can be fitted with a cannon. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The fall of Constantinople inches forward so deliberately you’ll think you’re dragging the sultan’s great cannon along the ground by yourself. Review | Anthony Doerr’s ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ is a convoluted love letter to books 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The tech web site Gizmodo, covering the same study, called jet dryers “basically germ cannons”. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z El-P’s vaunted kick drums sound absolutely huge, firing like cannons on the strutting introduction, “Big Beast.” Album review: Killer Mike, 'R.A.P. Music' 2012-05-18T17:33:00Z “That,” he added, “is when I fired the cannons and sprayed them with water.” Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Until then, Hitler’s largest cannon had pointed towards Notre-Dame, as the ultimate threat to the French. Why have Americans given so much money to restore Notre-Dame? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z On the festival’s smaller stages, you’ll find fewer pyrotechnics and confetti cannons but slightly more aesthetic diversity from artists like the Australian D.J. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z When she decided, again on the spur of the moment, to return to Russia in 1984, she cemented many people's impression of her as an unstable loose cannon. What was it like to be 'Stalin's Daughter'? 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z May 30 Military vehicles and cannons, remote control tanks, food vendors, activities for all ages, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., May 2016 events around Seattle 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Davidson is a charismatic loose cannon at the heart of it all. Stand Up and Be Counted ? review 2011-03-07T22:00:00Z Friday night's headliners are Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire, whose carnivalesque live show incorporates choreographed dancers, glitter cannons and fake palm trees. Glastonbury opens as rain predicted 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In India, female protesters have faced police armed with water cannons. ‘The rapist is you!’: why a Chilean protest chant is being sung around the world 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Stephen Colbert suggested the United States add a T-shirt cannon to the weapons it sends to the Ukraine. Finding humor in Ukraine war? It’s (always) the Onion’s way 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z One of the island’s crucial strongholds, Fort St. Angelo, sat directly across the Grand Harbour from the patio of my hotel, just about within cannon range. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z But the idiom of wartime is food: cannon fodder, carnage, slaughterhouse. Books of The Times: Culinary Comfort in a Tumultuous Middle East 2011-02-06T18:07:19Z You can feel the wind and the vibrations as cannons fire. New museum in Virginia explores other heroes of the Revolutionary War 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The text and images on this ballot—including the dove, cannon, and Phrygian cap symbols, typical of the era—appear blurry because of misaligned registration in the color plates, a product of lower-quality printing. This Is What Democracy Looked Like 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “It kind of acts like a channel, and you spit with your tongue rolled and it cannons it out.” At Texas festival, watermelon seed spitting is big sport She decides she wants to top herself by shooting Brittany” – the bubble-headed cheerleader played by Heather Morris – “through a human cannon.” ArtsBeat: Life Ain't Easy for a Girl Named Sue: A Personal Memoir from Jane Lynch of 'Glee' 2011-02-01T14:15:31Z “You hear the report of the cannon; then a ripping tearing sound, sometimes a thud, then the explosion.” The Second Man in the Front Row: A Forgotten Story of the First World War 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z It is a tall and austere spectacle, like Lincoln, who penned the first drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation here as the evening sky crackled with cannon fire. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z As soon as it reached its euphoric chorus — “You’re free, to do what you want to do” — confetti cannons went off, spraying paper all over the crowd, and the ravers began to sing along. Maskless and Sweaty: Clubbing Returns to Britain for a Weekend 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Adams apparently taught the Shogun's troops to fire cannon more rapidly, with deadly results - handing him victory in battle and ultimate authority. England’s samurai takes the stage 2013-01-31T15:34:21Z SAT Celebrate with re-enactors with music, 19th Century Artisan and Garden Market, cannon salutes, musket volleys, croquet, activities for all ages, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-15T23:42:30Z And you’ve really got to question the ethics of passing off a loose cannon like Ziegler as a seemingly reputable journalist and documentarian. Dottie Sandusky: Victims “saw money” 2014-03-12T13:48:00Z One of his primary tools is an arm-mounted energy cannon, which is fed by reactor cores on his back. Welcome to Chicago, Just Don?t Kill Us 2011-06-23T19:45:52Z "Last night, during one of my jokes, in that perfect little space between the setup and the punchline, a cannon went off," he says. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z The cannon fire from Minaj and Banks imply that their careers are directly suffering from the erasure that Azalea’s fame perpetuates. White echoes: Rap, race and Iggy Azalea 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Oh, right, they’re spoils: Men are cannon fodder, women are man fodder. The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The African porters carried munitions, supplies, officers’ kits, and cannons through Africa. “The Head and the Load,” William Kentridge’s Homage to Africa in the Great War 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z In Kingston, Jamaica, for instance, British colonial officers tried to banish the disease by firing cannons through the streets “to destroy the morbific power that lurked in the dark alleys”. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In a 2006 interview with German daily Bild, he recounted how he and his school friends were sent to the front “as cannon fodder” in Hitler’s futile attempt to halt the Allies’ advance. German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps, when they graduate to bigger venues, they'll be able to hire packs of actual wolves and a full complement of cannons. The Joy Formidable – review 2013-02-26T18:16:32Z Some are, the author notes, “college-girl cannon fodder” for the someday revolution. Review: Nell Zink’s ‘Nicotine’ Is Hard to Put Down, Despite Its Unruly Plot 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Knowing the risks of driving with a loose cannon, I’ve since purchased a dog harness that attaches to the car’s seat belt. The demands of puppy love are not for everyone 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Wilkinson had previously patented a way to bore out precise cylinders for more accurate cannons, and he suggested the same method be applied to Watt’s ill-fitting system. Under Modernity’s Hood: Precision Engineering 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The overture, which runs about 15 minutes, is unabashedly patriotic, featuring Russian folk songs and a volley of cannon fire set to the former Russian national anthem, “God Save the Czar.” Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z He described watching a raincloud float in and burst like a confetti cannon above the hangars to the east while the sun sparked like an elevated train over the western parking lot, bejewelling car windshields. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Mist and cannon smoke from a distant battlefield hang amid the Spanish moss. Review: ‘The Beguiled,’ Sofia Coppola’s Civil War Cocoon 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Fifteen windmills once stood here alongside cannons, placed to defend the city. Cultured Traveler: Marseille Polishes Its Image 2013-09-06T17:29:48Z The claim that Depp bankrolled the ceremony, which involved hoisting the cannon to the top of a 47m tower on Thompson’s Colorado farm, had not been widely publicised until now. Johnny Depp spent $3m blasting Hunter S Thompson's ashes from cannon, ex-managers claim 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “My big job is to shoot off the confetti cannon at the end,” Dever declared. Names in Bold: The nonprofit 826 Seattle dresses for success 2013-02-19T03:59:50Z On Bryce Harper: The T-shirt cannon doesn’t always reach his upper deck. KimKierkegaardashian and other two-faced tweets 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Once his most loyal henchman, Caesar might be a loose cannon — it’s not clear whether he’ll be willing to follow The Governor’s orders again. The Walking Dead Watch: “Live Bait” 2013-11-18T03:00:39Z It will be in the same cannon as this film. Indie film "Beasts" a fearless success 2012-06-27T18:09:33Z The view in the painting, an oil on canvas, is dominated by one of the ancient cannons that still guard the seaward approaches to Walmer Castle. Churchill beach painting is sold 2011-05-26T15:38:55Z Old church bells became cannons and shells, used to bombard Christian armies. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The Lost Boys scatter as the pirates’ cannon fire nears. NBC's Peter Pan Live!: Recap 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Every evening at 9 pm in Havana, they have the firing of the cannons ceremony at the fort surrounding the city. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “Everyone would hear that reference, complete with the cannons, to the current war involving Russia. It would be insensitive to people in general, and certainly to the Ukrainian population in particular.” Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z A cannon, fired as a special effect in June 1613, struck the Globe's thatched roof and destroyed the playhouse. 2010-02-15T17:28:00Z There were some loose cannons: at least one person climbed a 20-foot-high fence and jumped over, only to get netted by security and removed. Critic’s Notebook: D.J.’s Play Where Rap, Hip-Hop and Dance Meet 2012-09-12T21:59:31Z All we can do is figure out when it’s really worth booming our baby cannons. ‘Is this a thing? Is this a . . . boom?’: How Washington copes with the insane Trump-era news cycle 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Nirvana, "Nevermind": The cannon shot from the Seattle trio that opened the alternative-rock era is being reissued in regular and deluxe editions Sept. 28 new albums for fall 2011-09-19T20:27:04Z Rumbling cannon fire from across the river announced the presence of federal troops. In (and around) Fredericksburg, Va., walking the steps of a slave’s Trail to Freedom 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “You could shoot a cannon down Dexter Avenue” — downtown’s main drag — “and not hit a person on a Sunday,” Barry Ponstein, Bonnie’s husband told me later. In Montgomery, a City Embedded With Pain, Finding Progress 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z A recurring topic of debate is the deployment of turtle ships — stout armored vessels with cannons on all sides and a dragonhead battering ram. ‘Hansan: Rising Dragon’ Review: Naval Gazing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Well, yeah, she was, but she seemed used to his loose cannon side. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And isn’t publishing a book in response to controversies on Twitter like bringing a cannon to a knife fight? Review | In ‘White,’ Bret Easton Ellis baits his critics with morsels specially tooled to elicit outrage 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z For the past four days Nanshan’s 32 snow cannons had been firing fool-you-fluffy crystals that workers then pushed around to cover a few of the slopes. Ready, Set, Ski! In China, Snow Sports are the Next Big Thing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z It's highly unlikely that her travels will ever bring her face-to-face with food being shot at her through a cannon, however. Food to be 'cannon-blasted' at chefs in bizarre new cooking competition hosted by 'Kimmy Schmidt' star 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z They were built to defend against a new weapon — the cannon. France’s stunning Mont St-Michel inspires 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z October’s edition comes with a Halloween twist: Activities include making costumes and prosthetic wounds, as well as demonstrations of blood cannons and special effects for onstage blood and guts. Around Town for Oct. 21-27 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Ride escalators to the intact cannons of nearby Monte Fort, and see the excellent Museum of Macau before walking down for lunch at one of the Portuguese restaurants back near Largo do Senado. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z “Paris sent heavy, well-equipped troops with cannons and things to the region, to kill and burn every village,” Mr. Vignial said. A French Castle, Now Open to All 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The National Guard, a citizen militia grown increasingly militant during the war, moved a large number of cannons into the working-class strongholds of Montmartre and Belleville. 'Massacre' a sobering chronicle of the Paris Commune 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z That day, the Misers learned that their daughter will likely be Ringling’s next human cannon ball in the new, animal-free show. Ringling Circus Is Returning. Lions, Tigers and Dumbo Are Not. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z There are costume changes and a confetti cannon, but there's no band, just a small troupe of dancers, a DJ and a hype man. Nicki Minaj – review 2012-06-26T13:30:01Z Last October, he released the freestyle track “Campaign Speech,” in which he called Mr. Trump “a loose cannon who’s blunt with his hand on the button.” Eminem Lashes Out at Trump With Freestyle Rap Video 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Didn’t one guy fire a gender-reveal air cannon that unexpectedly erupted out the back, clobbering the portion of the dad’s anatomy responsible for the gender-reveal party itself? Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’ve got a few gender-reveal ideas for parents 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Furthermore Nas’s penchant for narrative occasionally gets in his way; his stories sometimes distractingly fanciful, his ideologies a little too loose cannon. Critic’s Notebook: New Nas Welcomes the Nas of Old 2012-07-18T22:26:11Z It's that guilt which drives him to mentor Steve McKenna; he's trying to do dead Harry a favor by at least arming this loose cannon with some skills. The Mechanic Review: Can He Fix It? Well, He Can Blow It Up 2011-01-28T10:30:00Z Rodda struggled to 3D print a spring for the cannons, so he turned to the next logical thing in the “little girl toy market”—Barbie. Your Barbie Can Now Slay in a Suit of Medieval Armor 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z “We did not think it was appropriate to program a work that featured sounds of cannons accompanying ‘God Save the Czar,’ given what is happening in Ukraine,” said Emma Kail, the festival’s executive director. Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Gigantic bronze cannons are decorated with monstrous faces and royal insignia, while small handguns fitted with shields and made in Italy show a fiendish ingenuity reminiscent of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. Mary Rose's Tudor treasures deserve this revelatory new museum 2013-04-09T14:59:45Z The book’s stunning scenes of the protests in Gezi Park, where the police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets on demonstrators, are superbly written and give the book its title. In His New Book, a War Novelist Turns to More Intimate Battles 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z So you are on the side of Mario, not Donkey Kong; the lone gunslinger, not the cannon fodder in the hallways. ‘The Last of Us’ Finale: First-Person Shooter 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z I was portrayed as a loose cannon with few redeeming qualities. How Castaway made my life hell 2010-08-11T19:00:00Z Batteries of cannons in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and other cities fired 41 rounds at one-minute intervals starting at midday. UK’s Prince Philip honored with 41-gun salutes after death 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z To the Americans, each person they meet is a potential sniper; every man, woman and child is cannon fodder. Review: In Fury, Brad Pitt Wins World War II, Again 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z He’s a loose cannon, ready to destroy himself or anyone else. | 'Bintou': Adenike Thomas: Rebel Girl Clashes With Her Clan 2010-07-05T21:18:00Z After business and banking regulations are blown up by cannon, wild-eyed Reverend Profit leads a prayer for “the creation of an unprecedented explosion of wealth.” Capitalism as a sideshow fleece: That's 'Captain Greedy's Carnival' by the Actors' Gang 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He was not so much a loose cannon as one which, though you saw where it was pointing, you never knew when or if it would fire. Anne Boleyn and the theatre of reformation 2011-07-08T21:55:13Z Its precise descriptions of force fields and antimatter cannons seemed ready-made for the screen. The Novel Source for This Space Mystery? A Novel. 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The sense of momentum keeps escalating: the female lead does a series of sideways-shooting jumps as if she’s brightly firing herself from a cannon. Dance Review: First a Toast to the Past, Then the Frolics of a Bubbly Balanchine 2011-06-01T22:30:32Z In your recent Truthout essay you highlighted how black and brown folks are "imperial cannon fodder" in "Game of Thrones." "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z One day, a girl will join a soap who is not feisty, a bit of a rebel, a loose cannon with an eye for the boys and a mouth that's always getting her into trouble. Daniel Maier's World of lather 2011-08-05T23:04:00Z The film is set during World War I. How do you get horses comfortable with gunshot and cannon sounds? Training the Horses in Steven Spielberg's War Horse 2012-01-05T19:58:59Z Let's fire confetti cannons for all the women in the world who are still chained. I was in a cult. Britney was in a conservatorship. Our situations are crazy similar 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z This time, though, he was armed … with a salmon cannon. John Oliver Gets Fishy in Finale 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The biggest villain in any Michael Mann film is Waingro, the trigger-happy loose cannon who bloodies up an armored car job at the beginning of Mann’s 1995 crime epic Heat. Thief at 40: Michael Mann's confident debut sent a message 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Then there is the pistol that goes off in the play’s final scene, sending blood spewing — courtesy of a concealed blood cannon — across a wall covered with children’s artwork. The Choreographed Cacophony of ‘Ferryman’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The centerpiece was a 3,200-pound cannon of the type that companies like General Mills and Kellogg once used to transform grain into Cheerios, Trix and puffed rice. Museum of Food and Drink Takes a Look at Flavor 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Hunter S. Thompson had his ashes dyed green, silver, blue and red and shot out of a cannon over his property in Colorado. What’s That? You Want to be Buried How? 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In this 1969 hit, written by Jimmy Webb, Glen Campbell sings of a soldier’s homesickness for his home town: “While I watch the cannons flashing, I clean my gun and dream.” Songs of protest, songs of war 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z "We often make socca as a snack in class and serve it when the noon cannon goes off at the top of Castle Hill," she says. Socca is the crêpe of the Mediterranean South 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z On Monday morning, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the loosest cannon on that crew of loose cannons known as "The View," made her debut as a correspondent for "Good Morning America." Will "GMA" destroy Elisabeth Hasselbeck's appeal? 2010-10-11T20:50:00Z “The traditional buddy cop dynamic is that there’s always a strait-laced one and a loose cannon,” he said. Dax Shepard Is Not Afraid to Direct Naked 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Al seems a total loose cannon, while Jimmy explains to him that he should approach taking Sheridan's territory as one would approach conquering a country: a bit at a time, not all at once. Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode four 2011-02-12T22:10:00Z For their sins, the Tories never shied from public vitriol – considering the amount of flak they've taken it's a wonder they haven't evolved riot shields and water cannons sprouting from their rib cages. The David Laws story is nothing to do with gayness. It's about money 2010-05-29T23:06:00Z Over a Last Word — gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and lime — I asked the bartender about the black cannon illuminated in a glass case at the entrance. A new Inner Harbor luxury hotel, the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, shines with history’s luster 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z They and Caamaño's quick-witted, merrily stoic Diaz take the sharp dialogue provided to them and spin into enjoyable and enthralling performances that hopefully carry "Tommy" past its initial cannon bombardment of crusading. "Tommy" is bracing and earnestly woke, maybe even too much for CBS' audience 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z I am like so totally being fired out of a cannon! Grace Dent's TV OD of 2010 2010-12-18T00:07:24Z At home, viewers topped off flutes of champagne and tested the trigger-strings on their miniature confetti cannons. Mariah Carey’s Rather Perfect Farewell to 2016 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Cicero, de Bergerac, Godwin, Poe, Verne, Wells: the tone of their tales was sometimes satirical, and the transportation methods varied—moon geese, a space cannon—but, generally, the gender of the space travellers did not. Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Though aimed at family audiences, Dalton's play is a short, sharp shock that reminds us we are hardly exempt from the charge of using children as cannon fodder. Powder Monkey 2010-06-09T21:01:00Z On May 30, the first 600 men, equipped with cannons, mortars and 50 wagons, set off at daybreak. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Q. Why do you think people like to cast you as loose cannons? Television: A Son of the South With Many Accents 2011-01-30T02:30:04Z However rude a nation was in physical health, if its people were intellectually feeble, they would never become anything other than cannon fodder or gawping spectators . Rereading: Lu Xun's The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z “Team” was written as an ode to old friends, but when the confetti fell from the cannons, thousands of young women in the crowd felt like they were on Lorde’s. Lorde gets the Greek on her team at her sold-out show 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The story of Alexander Hamilton shooting a cannon ball at Nassau Hall may well be apocryphal, perpetuated by the campus tour guides. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Before the Industrial Revolution, the principal sources of noise were thunder, church bells and cannon fire. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z With a sustained burst of cannon fire, he obliterates the non-anglophones, who crumple at his feet. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z The event was triggered by the firing of cannon on HMS Belfast. Mass bell-ring heralds Olympics 2012-07-27T11:55:20Z He may be a bit of a loose cannon, but he’s not wrong. ‘The Program Assistant’ at Capital Fringe Festival hits on harsh truth of post-grad life Her delivery of Chopin's occasionally fiery political passion underlined the brilliance of Robert Schumann's description of the mazurkas as "cannons buried in flowers". Weir Untangled/MacGregor 2010-06-08T20:44:00Z In the late 1800s, soil was brought in from nearby Angel Island to support cannons. On Alcatraz, the island’s prison gardens are in full flower 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Through four of eight episodes, there are no parrots or eye patches, little swordplay or cannon fire, and no one saying “Arrrrr.” Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z Oliver explained that he and his writers always try to leaven darker, more depressing subjects with moments of silliness, a la the salmon cannon or dogs dressed up as Supreme Court justices. Seven things we learned at breakfast with John Oliver 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Among this year’s other activities are fireworks on Friday night, sunrise yoga on Sunday, and mountain bike demonstrations, family concerts and performances by the cannon lady, Jennifer Smith, throughout the weekend. Spare Times for Children for July 26-Aug. 1 2013-07-25T23:01:05Z On this issue, if on few others, Barker is impassioned, sure of himself – and so dedicated to getting his standup right that I begin to understand why a booming cannon might bother him. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z At your feet, cannons, with the British insignia from the reign of George III still visible, lie rusting along the walls. On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The cannon helps salmon overcome hydroelectric damns and other obstacles that would keep it from swimming upstream to spawn. John Oliver shares his love for the salmon cannon with Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and more 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z We passed Hellenic busts, Illyrian coins, cannons, and documents declaring Albanian independence in 1912. Tirana, Breaking Free From Communist Past, Is a City Transformed 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z A troupe from the London Gay Men’s Chorus, all wearing Katharine Hamnett T-shirts emblazoned with “Choose Love,” belted out a song as glitter cannons spurted gold sequins. In London, Empowerment and Emotion at the Fashion Awards 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z You project a tough image on screen and are often cast as a loose cannon. Will "Avengement" be a breakthrough movie for fan favorite Scott Adkins? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The barge has a cannon, tools and other artifacts, and “the Lilac is a steamship with engines that are not working but are still intact,” Ms. Haggerty said. Spare Times for Children for June 29-July 5 2012-06-28T22:13:48Z Now, the guns and cannons temporarily stilled, each carried off the victims of their contest. Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend and inspiration to Stephen King 2013-06-25T12:40:13Z Brown is a woman of wondrous drive and ambition, arcing through the world as if fired from a cannon. Tina Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair Diaries’ Recall a Glossier Time 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Actors had just dragged a four-foot replica of a cannon onstage and had begun to reenact the sinking of the Spanish Armada when alarms started sounding and strobe lights began flashing. Signature names librettist John Weidman as Sondheim Award winner 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z No idea how they got the cannon to the top! Favourite hidden spots in Europe: readers’ travel tips 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The ecstatic crescendo of All These Things That I've Done, tonight greeted with glitter cannons filling the air with silvery lightning bolts, is usually the highlight of any Killers show. The Killers – review 2013-06-23T17:14:07Z This might be a reminder that you can still find a few grizzled veterans ready to saddle up for one more charge against the murderous cannon fire of indifference and critical disdain. A literary career or a brilliant, successful one-off? Take your pick 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z Every story about a group secret needs a loose cannon, and the one in NBC’s “Game of Silence” is frighteningly loose. Review: ‘Game of Silence,’ a Thriller, Grows Out of a Troubled Past 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Tonight, things get prickly between Richmond and his increasingly loose cannon of an adviser Gwen as they prepare for a big debate with the mayor. TV highlights 28/07/11 2011-07-27T20:59:01Z “This show is like getting shot out of a cannon,” he said, pointing to the various injuries sustained while learning to fight against his own hand night after night. Arts & Leisure: Steven Boyer Unleashes His Inner Demon in ?Hand to God? 2011-12-04T03:30:05Z It lines more than 3,000 feet of shelving in a former cannon foundry in the 18th-century Royal Arsenal complex in Woolwich, a suburban neighborhood abutting the Thames in southeast London. All Good Magazines Go to Heaven 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z It also did at least a little work toward erasing the fact that just before, Mr. Brown had been standing at the edge of the stage, shooting T-shirts into the crowd with a cannon. Music Review: Zac Brown Band at Madison Square Garden 2012-11-18T23:03:59Z Each time a competitor dies, a cannon sounds; the identities of the dead are revealed at the end of each day. Forgot What Happened in the First Hunger Games? Catch Up Here 2013-11-22T10:45:06Z He’s also a loose cannon at awards shows, on social media and in interviews — and, as of Saturday, the father of a child with another media magnet, Kim Kardashian. Music Review: ‘Yeezus,’ Kanye West’s Raw and Jolting New Album 2013-06-16T18:25:47Z "Game of Thrones" is not asking us to look at people of color as cannon fodder per se. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Trains cannon above as if a herd of bison was stampeding across the vaulted ceiling; the audience is beleaguered by the sound. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z It’s like a miniature Mardi Gras but with eye patches, cannon fire and many cries of “Arrrrgh!” Avast! Tampa’s pirate ‘invasion’ returns after a virus break 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z “The humans really have to step up their game,” said her mother as they headed back to Indiana where Skyler plans to spend the summer practicing with the cannon they keep at home. Ringling Circus Is Returning. Lions, Tigers and Dumbo Are Not. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z He could be shot out of a cannon or crushed by a falling piano. House of Cards's Spacey-less final season trailer: Netflix plays it safe 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z “All these people in all these stories who are just cannon fodder for a 10-second or 20-second dramatic moment — they have lives of their own, they have thoughts of their own,” Mr. Scalzi explained. In ‘Redshirts,’ John Scalzi Gives Expendables a Life 2012-07-06T22:52:40Z A conduit for dumping poison is likened to a cannon in a ferocious war photograph or the barrel of a rifle pointed by a firing squad. Getty's Josef Koudelka retrospective is grim yet riveting 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The boxes held stacks of cutout paper and cardboard soldiers, wearing uniforms from dozens of countries and wielding rifles, sabers or cannon barrels. Antiques: A London Apartment Done Up in French 2010-04-22T22:32:00Z The show’s energy — shot from a cannon by Richard Romagnoli, the director — blazes like fireworks in the hands of an outstanding ensemble cast. | 'Victory: Choices in Reaction': Puritan Widow Confronts a Randy, Profane King 2011-07-20T22:22:48Z But the influx of Civil War aficionados, accompanied by cannon shots, a rifle volley, a brass band and old-time fiddlers, caused little stir from the hipsters who regularly frequent the city's self-described most peculiar district. Civil War re-enactors mark 150th anniversary of Battle of Atlanta 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Others come as a shock: the kettledrums that sound like cannon fire; the piercing insistence of a piccolo that seems to have been requisitioned from Napoleon’s army. Music Review: John Eliot Gardiner Leads Ensembles at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-19T22:57:38Z Just across the street from the MCHA, the Battle of Monmouth monument has a dramatic bronze of Molly Pitcher, hair fiercely windswept as she loads a cannon. My Hometown: exploring Bruce Springsteen’s New Jersey roots 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And the set literally bursts open in the opera’s final measures, revealing the haze of cannon fire and soldiers on the front — a rude awakening from the dream of the opera’s romance. Robert Carsen Is Opera’s Most Reliably Excellent Director 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Nixon’s people were bothered by Liddy’s cloak-and-dagger mien, the looseness of his cannon. Perspective | Little Liddys everywhere: The legacy of a political ‘super-klutz’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z I couldn’t hear their cries or the gunfire or the hulking cannons. My friend, the murderer 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z And Clay’s ascent parallels the rise of Reagan-era, “greed is good” conservatism, right-wing talk radio and professional insult cannons like Rush Limbaugh. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Splashers and Ripples are playground-style baby pools with water cannons and gentle slides. Following an 8-Year-Old to Atlantis 2014-03-07T16:28:34Z Because as we've learned, if you have one instance where he can use it as fodder for his "fake news" cannon, he will do just that. Trevor Noah talks to Salon about worrying less about Trump’s spelling and more about democracy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The barrage of photographs grew darker as the sound of pounding, suggesting boots, or cannons, became increasingly loud and fast. Performa 17: Absurd Times, Absurd Acts 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Time was when “Music for the Royal Fireworks” served as innocuous cannon fodder year after year for the whiz-banging clamor overhead at the Bowl’s Fireworks Finale. Stodgy is out, joyful is in: How Nicholas McGegan brings Handel and heart to the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Its sequel, Frontiers, builds lightly on the success of its forebear, adding new monsters, power-ups and roadside objects from cannons to volcanoes to carnivorous plants. Kingdom Rush: Frontiers – review 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z It’s full of digitally splintered chipmunk voices and bursts of drum sounds — like blasts of a confetti cannon — with a galloping beat and that reassuring refrain, “I’ll be alright.” New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z The children who star in movies rarely go on to become big stars; they are cannon fodder. Joe Queenan's guide to comedy cliches 2010-10-18T11:00:00Z He also whimsically suggested the first policy fixes to encourage energy conservation: firing cannons at dawn as public alarm clocks and fining homeowners who put up window shutters. Daylight Savings Causes More Trouble Than It Should 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Minutes later, the English ship — the Fancy, under the command of the notorious pirate captain Henry Every — had closed on the Mughal vessel and shattered its 40-foot mainmast with a single, fluke cannon shot. The Pirates’ Booty That Changed the Course of History 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Their current Reflektor tour, replete with spangly suits, glitter cannons, choreographed dancers and steel drums, has seen them attempt to bring a Haitian carnival to the anonymous enormodromes of the touring circuit. What's it like to headline Glastonbury? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z There wasn’t a confetti cannon or balloon drop anywhere on the premises. Review | No bells and whistles, no biggest hits, but U2 is still one of the best big rock bands in the world 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z We were checking out of our hotel in Hallstatt, a quaint lakeside village, when we heard cannon fire and church bells ringing. Inspired by the Billy Joel tune, a family heads to Vienna 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Her voice is a loose cannon; “LP1” figures out how to aim it. New Music: Career In Motion Discovers A Perch 2011-07-25T21:45:24Z At the screening that afternoon, he had asked if the guy who plays Admiral Boom—the Navy man who shoots cannons from the rooftop—is the same actor as in the first movie. How Rob Marshall Made Mary Poppins Sing Again 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “That’s what I call being shot out of the cannon,” said Michael Kors, the fashion designer, after the play ended. Benefit for National Theater Hosted by Anna Wintour, Draws Celebrities 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The aliens and brigands still look like summer-stock extras, and the cannon fodder among the junior officers can still be discerned a mile off. Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z A cannon sits on the lawn beside a pebbly beach stalked by herons. The ‘other’ San Juan islanders go their own way 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Aside from the winners, I’m hard-pressed to recall a single significant moment from the telecast, except for the indelible image of Armie Hammer wielding a hot-dog cannon. Kevin Hart and the Academy: 2018 Gets the Messy Oscars It Deserves 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The production was grueling: It involved seven weeks in the jungles of Ghana with no amenities, while moving around hundreds of people, most of whom had never acted, and carrying military equipment, including a cannon. Idris Elba’s Toughest Role Yet: Going Brutal With Grace for ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z He wrote this movie loosely based on his experience there, where he was the Charlie, the loose cannon. "Maisel" and "Veep" star Reid Scott on why he loves playing "the bully types" 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z This handsome little creation — really, it’s too nice for the Invite — consists of a tiny metal cannon that’s really a pencil sharpener, attached to a beautiful wooden base that was crafted by Loser Larry Gray. Style Invitational Week 1247: Script tease 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But that is obvious: explosions, cannons, choirs, everything. Gustavo Dudamel’s Favorite Part of ‘Otello’ is a Quiet Prayer 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Pitchforks and machetes versus cannons and rifles in sugar cane fields and atop strategic bridges. 'The Liberator' is a compelling primer on Simón Bolivar 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Canon, a cocktail bar in Seattle, recently began burning a tiny brand of a cannon onto its swaths of lemon and orange. Bartender, There’s a Logo in My Drink 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But this is the young, loose cannon version we're seeing here. Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode four 2011-02-12T22:10:00Z Some required caroms off hallucinatory angles, and others featured quirky structures from better days: a concrete steeple, a barn, even a cannon that “shot” the golf ball down a long straightaway. A Miniature-Golf Odyssey (Obstacles Included) 2010-09-02T21:19:00Z Following a libel conviction, Barnum spent 60 days in jail and parlayed his release into a hero’s homecoming with speeches, cannon salutes and a band. A Huckster for the Ages 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z She was one of the first major candidates to be perceived as a loose cannon and as a sound-bite generator that ultimately worked against the party. How Pepe the Frog and Nasty Woman Are Shaping the Election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Given that astronomical level of fame and its byproduct, self-consciousness, will Swift ever let herself just react as any other human might when their likeness is used as cannon fodder in the culture wars? What Taylor Swift could learn from the #NotHim son: How to handle being smeared in the culture wars 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And from the castle ramparts, high above town, the roar of cannons announces the Christmas season, the traditional gunners celebrating as they have since they really believed these shots would scare away evil. Celebrating ‘Silent Night’ and Christmas in Austria 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Roitfeld insisted she is merely enjoying her ability to say what she thinks, loose cannons being a rare commodity among the upper echelons of magazines. The 9 Lives of Carine Roitfeld 2011-12-21T22:53:02Z “When you’re getting started, you’re like a baby horse getting shot through a cannon,” he said, seated at his kitchen table in Brooklyn and gesturing to illustrate the momentum of the projectile. Josh Ritter Flies Low, But Stays on the Radar 2010-05-05T21:55:00Z “A jumbo cannon would shoot off glitter, there were shower curtains of Mylar,” Mr. Monaghan recalled, and a maelstrom of “feathers and glitter swirling around your feet as you were dancing.” Up Close: Tale of a Fateful Trip 2011-04-13T20:14:54Z Large “cakes” containing dozens of rockets that exploded in succession, fountains for the kids, three- to four-stage shells that required cannons were organized and sequenced. Love and rockets 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z As in previous wars, horses pulled cannons, ammunition and supplies. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation After watching a news clip showing a salmon cannon in action helping fish return to their spawning grounds, Oliver was inspired to buy his own and try it at home. John Oliver Gets Fishy in Finale 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z In Modern Warfare, there is a sequence in which players sit in a gunship, controlling the cannons. Depicting war 2010-09-18T23:02:00Z Her brother worked the confetti cannon at an Obama event. Cecily Strong: Saturday night, she’s live, headlining D.C.’s biggest bash 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z For years now, Cage has been parlaying his loose cannon charisma and credibility as an acclaimed actor into an increasingly dreadful body of work. Nicolas Cage: Even his arrest is a bore 2011-04-18T15:19:00Z Then wander through the former arsenal, now home to apartments, performance venues and the polite signage — “Please keep off the cannon” — of a post-imperial age. A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The evening ends with Tchaikovsky’s “1812” Overture, accompanied by cannon fire from the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery. What’s on TV Tuesday: Fireworks and ‘The Words That Built America’ 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Every day at noon, the Lotrscak Tower cannon is fired, sending shock waves across town. 36 Hours in Zagreb, Croatia 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But sailors do fire cannons toward a city in Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin,” so in Scorsese terms, the sequence is spot on. A Guide to Watching Scorsese Movies Like an Insider 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He starts with his own birth and ends with Hunter’s exorbitant funeral, when his dad’s ashes were shot out of a cannon. Hunter S. Thompson’s son shocker: “Hunter was surprised and pleased that I actually grew up apparently sane” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The battle sequences, too, are astonishing, as the soldiers scurry, the corpses pile high and vast plumes of cannon smoke rip across the field. The Birth of a Nation: a gripping masterpiece … and a stain on history 2013-07-29T14:31:08Z On another issue there seemed to be broad agreement: Newly named White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is a loose cannon who threatens, possibly quite literally, the people who work in the White House. After a wild week, conservative media stand (nervously) by Trump 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But, for many, memories of the night will be punctuated by the high-pitched wail of military-grade sound cannons and the burn of mace. I Got Maced at Summer Jam 2015 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z In the distance, a Civil War cannon boomed. No Subway. No Buses. No Uber. No Problem. 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Appearing in scenes with Dench was, he says, like standing in front of a water cannon. Javier Bardem: Sinister? Me? 2012-10-12T22:00:17Z Viewers can also expect more elaborately goofy bits like the salmon cannon that closed out last season: Seven things we learned at breakfast with John Oliver 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The decorations include skeletons, pirate cannons and even a pretend fire seen through the house’s windows. LA homeowner's fiery Halloween decorations spark calls to police, 911 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The New York cop known for consistently being in the wrong place at the right time has already survived four run-ins with terrorists, traitors and psychotic loose cannons of one stripe or another. "Die Hard" not dead yet: New script in works 2010-05-06T01:56:00Z And so I was a loose cannon in that everybody pretty much played parts, and they stuck to them, and it sounded like the record and the song. Celebrating "great songwriter" David Bowie's 75th birthday & introducing him to a new generation 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The cannon arrived in the United States around 1901; Webb C. Hayes, a son of President Rutherford B. Hayes, brought it home as a souvenir from the Boxer Rebellion. Antiques: Antiques: ?Playing House? Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum 2012-02-23T23:23:42Z Soldiers describe being hit with German artillery—and also by British artillery, when cannons either had inadequate range or the gunners miscalculated. “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Reviewed: The Indelible Voices in Peter Jackson’s First World War Documentary 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Besides underscoring her as a loose cannon and furthering empathy as a tragic figure, why was the choice made to make Carrie mentally ill? ArtsBeat: Your 'Homeland' Questions Answered 2012-12-14T16:46:42Z Anti-immigrant ideologues are made to look ridiculous, firing unfortunates from a “deportation cannon.” Review: ‘Bordertown’ and ‘Cooper Barrett’ Debut 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z His work was largely unacknowledged until recently, when the art world has begun to correct the cannon, and when Black portraiture has become popular. Portraits by Barkley L. Hendricks Will Hang With Old Masters at the Frick 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Capaldi has a scorched cannon of a voice, and it’s best deployed on songs about anguish. Lewis Capaldi Will Break Your Heart. (But Don’t Take Him Too Seriously.) 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z I’m definitely getting into the ash cannon business. Ahoy, Johnny Depp! He raids his own treasure chest like a pirate 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Leguizamo, who has turned his gritty adolescence into a professional calling card, encountered plenty of loose cannons in the day. A Day Out in the Boxing Gym With John Leguizamo 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z They tolerated him until the artillery regiment roped their K18 cannon to the top turret, heaving it over the castle's walls, chipping away on the ascent. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z He played about 10 songs before launching into his biggest hit, “Black and Yellow,” the ending of the song punctuated with cannon blasts of confetti. Wiz Khalifa leads a diverse bill at Under the Influence of Music tour So excited, in fact, that he procures his own salmon cannon to test the limits of blasting fishy projectiles — sharing his love for the cannon with Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and more. John Oliver shares his love for the salmon cannon with Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and more 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The Stones' loose cannon had "over-refreshed" himself in the afternoon, they told me. Is Keith Richards a 'good thing'? 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z They provided the targets for the Shah's army and the cannon fodder that put a halt to Saddam's invasion. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z The show is not asking the viewer to look at the Dothraki as cannon fodder. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Nearly all of the snow comes from a cannon, and runs average about 1,300 vertical feet, about a third of those at Breckenridge in Colorado. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z And in remarkable photographs, we see water used to adjust land level, with water cannons cutting away steep hills in an area downtown that can still rival San Francisco. Museum Review: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle 2012-12-29T01:25:41Z Over the Caribbean, a Brazilian fighter pilot pulled the trigger on his specially adapted cannon. Digested read: The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth 2010-08-16T21:30:00Z But their journalistic approach to parenting occupies an important space in the cannon of child-rearing manuals. 16 Parenting Experts Worth Listening To 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z He was backstage, after the group’s headlining show on Thursday, when he bid the crowd good night and good morning sometime after 2 a.m., when the confetti cannons went off. Primavera Sound Sets the Stage for Music Festivals Worldwide 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z A giant cannon is wheeled out on stage. Pink 2010-06-13T21:46:00Z It’s especially salient for Ms. McKay, a loose cannon who thrives in the moment. Nellie McKay Blossoms Under Pressure From Joan Rivers’s Lawyers 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “It was just getting shot out of a cannon,” he said. Paul Harding Captures the Quiet Side of Calamity 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z He and his staff sometimes joke about firing cannons at the yellow condo building. Near Niagara Falls, U.S. and Canadian forts from the War of 1812 still face off 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A confetti cannon tries to put an exclamation point on a dud dance. Review: In Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Has Finally Found Its Fanny 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Clifford insists his site is accurate, citing a type of cannon he found, known as a lombard, used on 15th century Spanish ships, as well as ballast stones from that era. Haiti search for Columbus' Santa Maria to go on despite setback 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But the patients were rewarded with a beautifully crafted addition to the religious comedy cannon. Hallelujah for Rev 2010-09-16T16:12:00Z With each blast of the food cannon, they swarmed and Roxie squealed, like the little girls on the ferry. Birthday Wishes and Submarine Rides on Catalina Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The original 10 tokens were an iron, purse, lantern, race car, thimble, shoe, top hat, battleship, cannon and a rocking horse. Monopoly gets a makeover as millions vote on new board game tokens 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “I am delivering this war material including these cannons and I think Uncle Abraham Lincoln can put them to good use,” he said. In Charleston, Coming to Terms With the Past 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z But when Nikhil shouted "action", I got into a muddle and cannoned straight into Dimple, grabbing her quickly as she tumbled backwards into the street. Nirpal Dhaliwal: My Bollywood bit part 2011-02-10T21:59:00Z The thing about doing a studio movie is that it's like getting shot out of a cannon. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Intimidating black cannons lined the outer walls of the pentagonal structure, though the fort never came under siege. Frugal Traveler: A Post-Spring Break Jaunt to Florida's Beaches 2011-04-19T21:52:22Z “It may end in your giving up the cannons for the sake of the Salvation Army.” 'Major Barbara' Is Revived at the Pearl Theater 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The intention to belie the austerity demanded by the cannon seems clear. Review: The Mysteries of Meroe 2010-05-21T12:00:00Z “My first reaction was, ‘if I had known about that I would have boomed a baby cannon,’ ” Wittes said in an interview. ‘Is this a thing? Is this a . . . boom?’: How Washington copes with the insane Trump-era news cycle 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z A few minutes later, with no soldier in sight, the pop of a cannon rang out — it was too late. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The piece opens brutally, with the sounds of cannons and trampling feet suggested through low, rumbling cluster chords Denk plays with his whole hand or fist. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Not far from the city, we heard the boom of cannon. Stepping Across the Ice: Teffi (1872-1952) 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But the cannon had fired – the king had made up his mind – and there must be a divorce. Anne Boleyn and the theatre of reformation 2011-07-08T21:55:13Z |
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