| 单词 | ornery |
| 例句 | “I don’t reckon I aim to ever get that ornery,” Lyddie said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Gram was released from the hospital the next morning mainly because she was so ornery. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Why would anybody just grab your cap for no reason? You shouldn’t be so ornery to people. Don’t go making more trouble for us.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie tried to imagine another woman just as mean and ornery as her and couldn’t. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z No indeed, the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your ma should know how hard this is for you. That old battle-ax is ornery and spiteful to boot. Maybe waiting for her tea will teach her a lesson.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Talk about wild things! Your grand-mother was the wildest, most untamed, most ornery and beautiful creature ever to grace this earth.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t want nothing ornery, and I don’t want to be hanging out in clubs and such. I just want some nice female company.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to keep the girls well and as happy as possible, and some of them can get pretty ornery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just that ornery part of me making trouble again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Which explains why the horseflies up here are unnaturally large and ornery, since they had two growing seasons instead of the usual one.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He lashed out with his wind rope, searching for strongest, most ornery ventus in the storm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “No matter. The absence of milk might make the fairies a little ornery, but they’ll get over it. We’ll see they get some tomorrow at the latest.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In Mqhekezweni there was a tribesman with an ornery old pig. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I apologized for being ornery and for upsetting him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Old people like to eat dinner at four in the afternoon, and they get ornery if they get too hungry.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That ornery part of me, the one always urging Go the other way, Willodeen, reared up, ready for a fight. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, Billy. She had a tough go of it, but she’s a strong woman. She must be to keep an ornery boy like you in line.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Because we didn’t have a phone, the midwife called Grandma-down-the-hill, who walked up the hill, tired and ornery, and barked that it was time for Mother to go “play doctor.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Violet couldn’t hear me from where she was, and even if she could, she was ornery enough not to budge. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It would have been perfect except for that ornery crow calling away: car-car-car. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She said, “They’s that one pass out yon and one what they calls Prayder and his two boys. And a ornery dog.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z At any given moment, though, he was as likely to be merry as ornery. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She drank the glass of milk in a few gulps, wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve, and went to see what the ornery old woman wanted. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Those people up there are ornery. You got to handle them with kid gloves.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Also imagine that no matter how rude, unhappy, irritated, or ornery the voices are on the other end of the line, these young Indians are incessantly and unfailingly polite. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z And I hate to say it but Adah is just as ornery and bent on destruction, in her own slowpoke way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I am as ornery and stubborn as an old donkey. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Under these deteriorating conditions the child—early on—had developed into one ornery hellion. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe when the whole world was marching one way, some ornery part of me started shouting Go the other way, Willodeen. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They were not taking us seriously, and I felt my ornery donkey self waking up. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “All right,” I said, slapping her ornery hide. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The fire was as ornery as any I can remember. 11 mistakes novice grillers make — and how to correct them 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The women of “The Stone Diaries,” like the women in Shields’s other novels, are average students, flustered housewives, ornery aunts, a garden columnist. The Radical Ordinariness of Carol Shields’s Literary World 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z In the play, by former "Daily Show" writer David Javerbaum, the Almighty comes to Earth by taking over Parsons' body and delivers comically ornery commentary on contemporary life. Summer promises to be hot on Broadway with three big openings 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z But when they meet, he quickly finds himself saddled with three more children, an ornery, misbehaved lot belonging to the woman’s friend, Bébé. ‘Bébé’s Kids’ Shared a Lesson About Racial Injustice 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z He paused for a moment, before channeling his inner ornery waitress. A Respected Film. A Vivid Script. An Oscar Chance? 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z He slows them down and rewrites their harmonies, making curious, arty, quiet pop in his own mood — ornery, sensitive, distant. Critics' Choice: New albums by Dr. Dog, Sam Amidon, Laura Bell Bundy and Aaron Goldberg. 2010-04-11T21:37:00Z “Abandon all decorum, ye who enter here” might be the local slogan, in the ornery vision of impoverished small-town life depicted by Ms. Thurber. Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z Remember when they were ornery teenagers and going around burning up children? 10 Actually Happy Things That Happened on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “I would personally like for him to not bring himself to that level,” he said, adding that national politics “has gotten so ornery”. Clint Eastwood: electing Bloomberg would make my day 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Solnit was just one of what Press called the "most brilliant, thought-provoking and ornery women" at this past weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Festival of Books: Female writers talk 'mansplaining,' un-motherhood 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The ornery Reid was no less cynical than his counterpart McConnell. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z OR IS IT a teammate expressing admiration for a cocktail waitress from Reno, Nev., who wrestled an ornery catfish into submission despite sustaining a nasty bite to the hand? Critic’s Notebook: Power-Play Advice From ‘Hillbilly Handfishin’ ’ 2012-07-27T22:16:25Z Many pianists emphasize the ornery, audacious qualities of the piece. Review: Murray Perahia Takes a Majestic Approach to Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z “You guys can be an ornery bunch, you know,” Mr. Axelrod said of the reporters who cover the White House. Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z I remember a passenger who was asked to sit down and hold on for a particularly ornery rapid called Horn Creek. A river guide lays out the dos and don’ts of rafting etiquette 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “Loving” doesn’t pummel its audience with inspirational uplift: its characters are too inward and ornery for that. The Oscars and the Election 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But soon, to Jason’s horror, Tyrone begins to display the ornery demeanor of a foul-mouthed bully, combined with the violent instincts of a terrorist. Theater Review: In ‘Hand to God,’ Steven Boyer’s Puppet Is Unfiltered 2014-03-11T02:00:02Z She charmed the crowd with her ornery banter and diamante-studded hairpiece, and led lusty singalongs to hits such as 9 to 5, Jolene and I Will Always Love You. Triumphant Kasabian close Glastonbury 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z There, Suzy meets Madame’s herd of ostriches, one of whom — the ornery Gaucho — has been conscripted to pull a surrey at the country fair. Ostriches Don’t Actually Bury Their Heads in the Sand 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z I was only about 16 when I met him, and I didn’t know anything about his reputation, how surly and ornery he was and how he ate young studio executives for breakfast. Steven Spielberg Gets Personal 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The movie was co-produced by Simon Cowell, the creator of "Britain's Got Talent" who is best known in the U.S. for his long run as an ornery judge on "American Idol." Yahoo to release Weinstein film 'One Chance' before theatrical debut 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z He stews pigs’ ears until they surrender their ornery stiffness, then slices and fries them into irresistible, crunchy sticks. A Celebration of Black Southern Food, at JuneBaby in Seattle 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But eventually even Avery’s armor of self-assurance about how to get what she wants out of life — and out of those ornery things called men — has been dented by disappointment. Theater Review: ‘Rapture, Blister, Burn,’ at Playwrights Horizons 2012-06-13T02:00:01Z Oasis fans will never stop wanting to hear more from Mr. Gallagher, that band’s ornery and hilarious guitarist. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘CMA Fest 2018’ and ‘Set It Off’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But it was more singular and ornery than any of its contemporaries. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Lenny Marcus, ornery and bespectacled, complains about airport security, leading to a wonderfully intricate set piece imagining an airline that has no security and allows you to bring anything. Dropping in at the Comedy Cellar With Amy Schumer and Leslie Jones 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z An orchestra assembles around her, but her ornery, sweet-and-sour voice defuses any possibility of pomp. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Anyway, so I just remembered them and they were both ornery and fought against the studio system so I went from there. Cannes 2015: 'Youth' finds Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel getting cheeky 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Throughout, the book is as ornery and opinionated as Karr’s own memoirs. 2015 was a banner year for nonfiction — here are 10 books you don’t want to miss 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Duvall, as an ornery judge fighting a murder rap, got to do the sort of curmudgeonly late-life turn that won Henry Fonda an Oscar in “On Golden Pond.” Toronto Festival 2014: The Downey-Duvall Show 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z He ascribes his ornery streak to his English background. The Artistry Is Apparent, So Where?s the Audience? 2011-02-06T22:52:21Z The film is a real "whew"-factor yarn, a hearty soup of thick accents, bold personalities and complicated motives, with an unmistakable taste of charismatic, ornery American hedonism. 'The Dog' unravels bank thief's stranger-than-fiction life 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z If Mitchell seems ornery, it may simply be because she is feeling better. Bob Dylan is 'a plagiarist', claims Joni Mitchell 2010-04-23T08:56:00Z Part of it is just that I’m ornery. Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Songwriting for Tormented Souls 2012-09-25T15:00:13Z But apart from this ornery pair, the rest of the cast packs heat and open-carries, too. What TV gets wrong about guns 2014-02-14T23:30:00Z But his songs stayed down-to-earth, with sturdy guitar riffs carrying lyrics that spoke for underdogs and ornery outcasts. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Her gaze is more ornery and distanced than those of other contemporary American realists, like the great Catherine Murphy or the young Massachusetts artist Josephine Halvorson, who paint residential details from sight. Maureen Gallace’s Restrained Palette of House, Sea, Sky 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “This movie opposes that one with every fiber of its ornery being, including by its insistence on procedural tedium over cinematic excitement.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Hanna’ and ‘The Highwaymen’ 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z I think of the gifts to a city one ornery life can give. A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Rather, every few years these ornery business partners convene to cut a record or embark on a tour. Keith Richards' 'Life': Somehow He Still Has One 2010-10-26T14:50:00Z An ornery old woman named Diana Hunter has died during a supposedly routine interrogation, and Neith, well known for her probity, has been assigned to learn what went wrong. Review | What it might feel like to live in a high-tech surveillance state 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Not for Gaffigan: He selected the Symphony No. 3, a wild, ornery, challenging, rarely played artifact of the 1920s with music recycled and reworked from Prokofiev's strange opera, "The Fiery Angel." Conductor James Gaffigan a bracing presence at Disney Hall 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z This movie opposes that one with every fiber of its ornery being, including by its insistence on procedural tedium over cinematic excitement. ‘The Highwaymen’ Review: Grumpy Old Men on the Trail of Glamorous Killers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z That cartoon helped me with it, because my dad was not the perfect character and very ornery and stubborn and all the things he was. "Baskets" star Louie Anderson "had a lot of gut punches" playing Christine this season 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Thoreau’s many critics, both in 1854 and today, typically attack the man rather than his book — and there’s no question Thoreau was peculiar and ornery enough on occasion to supply his detractors with ammunition. Lessons from the first ‘tiny house’ evangelist, Henry David Thoreau 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z "Juniper," out April 4 on demand, gives the incomparable Charlotte Rampling another plum part at Ruth, an ornery, alcoholic grandmother currently using a wheelchair with an injured leg. "I like to be right alongside with my characters": Charlotte Rampling on her career, acting "flow" 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Barriers are what turn Mr. Zahedi on: by turns puckish and ornery, a wide-eyed stranger in a strange land, he enlists nervously accommodating residents as actors in his impish provocations. | 'the Sheik and I': ‘The Sheik and I,’ Directed by Caveh Zahedi 2012-12-07T02:52:56Z What was originally a dialogue between two ornery originals now feels slightly more institutional and official. Who Can Be Finished With Alice? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Ehrenberg Castle crowned its mountain like an ornery barnacle. A tale of two delightful castles, in Germany and Austria 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Their third album, 2005's rough, ornery Human After All, was poorly received and left Daft Punk unsure what to do next. Daft Punk: the midas touch 2013-05-18T23:05:39Z Just like the singers it is ornery, willful and, of course, full-bodied. Dance Review: ‘Voices of Strength’ at New York Live Arts 2012-09-23T21:57:09Z Shelton said he liked the way she blended her personality, especially what he called her “ornery” side, and sound. 'The Voice' recap: Teams Adam and Blake calmly take it live 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The Scherzo comes as a complete contrast: biting and frenetic music, in breathless perpetual motion, with an intensely difficult violin part that tussles with a rattling, boisterous orchestra, especially some ornery woodwinds. Review: A Surprise Conductor Makes a Superb Debut 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Christmas was not just an annoyance to ornery Puritan colonists; its celebration was a threat to discipline, an instrument needed to realize the colonists’ divine, purifying mission. Actually, the right invented the “War on Christmas”: The real history behind today’s phoniest persecution 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Eventually, I added flank, flat irons and hangers, learning a few simple techniques with rubs, liquid and heat that coaxed tenderness from ornery cuts. Name that meat: Is it a tri-tip, sirloin tip, triangle roast — or something else? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But in many instances, the complainers are not just being ornery; they could have a condition called misophonia, in which one experiences strong negative feelings to specific sounds — like the proverbial nails on a chalkboard. Couples Who Eat Together May Not Stay Together 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z If many an English-majored ear perks up at the sound of “1922,” it’s mostly because of the two somewhat ornery men who published their masterpieces that year: Joyce and T. S. Eliot. Was 1925 Literary Modernism’s Most Important Year? 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z I ended up playing it kind of grouchy and ornery, like this grouchy professor thing. She Tackled Aristotle in an Opera. Next Up: Medieval French Couplets. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Another glaring addition: wild and colorful prints have been a phenomenon in Europe, beginning with Prada’s amusing dresses with ornery little monkeys climbing up the side. Paris Fashion Week: Spring Fashion?s Operatic Season 2010-10-06T21:56:00Z I identify most strongly with the book's Meg Murry, the ornery teen who not only shares my name and the anguished isolation I felt as an adolescent, but also my emotional reactivity and stubbornness. Grief is a distant planet: How "A Wrinkle in Time" is helping me deal with my father’s decline 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Incarnating James Brown in all his ornery uniqueness, he deserves a Pulitzer, a Nobel and instant election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Temple’s book, “The Lightness,” places a group of wounded and ornery teenage girls at “a panspiritual contemplative community” retreat in the mountains, where the gardener is a man-bun-sporting slice of heaven named Luke. Review | In Emily Temple’s ‘The Lightness,’ troubled teens fall hard for the promise of spirituality 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z This version of history is guaranteed to start an argument in the ornery barbecue subculture, where you’ll find Mississippi, South Carolina and Haiti already claiming Southern barbecue’s origins. Where did barbecue begin? Virginia, he says — and he stands by it 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z With his wild, Einsteinian coif, Romantic poet adoration and cryptic, sometimes ornery nature, Dylan is often held up as an emblematic example of the modern male genius. Just Like a Woman: Female Artists Cover Bob Dylan 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Though Verdi had an ornery side, he was a decent man, an Italian patriot and the founder of a retirement home for musicians still in operation in Milan. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Mr. Stewart bristles with ornery charm as the tough-talking Bobby, whose insistence on total control of his charges leads to a showdown with Ajay over the direction of his training. | 'Beautiful Burnout': Hoping to Punch a Path to Glory 2011-03-02T03:01:01Z On a recent Saturday, a tiny spot called the Beach Bar was packed with a crowd of locals who looked storm-weary but exuded an ornery refusal to retreat. ‘There’s No Spring Break Here’: Florida’s Gulf Coast Fights to Rebound After Hurricane Ian 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In fact, for two men who prided themselves on being ornery, solitude-loving individualists, it’s amazing how often they are still mentioned together. The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z That may have just been Dad being an ornery Democrat who disliked Humphrey and didn’t quite trust McGovern, or it might have reflected the odd personal consonance between his personal background and Chisholm’s. Shirley Chisholm, the Democrats’ forgotten hero 2012-09-09T19:00:00Z Having just broken up with her girlfriend, an ornery septuagenarian poet helps her teenage granddaughter try to rustle up money for an abortion. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Often as spiky and ornery as its heroine, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is not a film that sets out to unite viewers. How female vengeance powers Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Art is ornery and shaped by the sense of people and events, not by an overarching ideology. Why Stephen Fry loves Wagner 2010-09-23T22:13:00Z When Hilda is having trouble breathing, she turns ornery with them. Ailing, alone and 89. So how could Hilda Reynolds be joyous? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z His character is a 60-ish ornery Irish theater critic who takes a leave of absence from his newspaper gig to work for a league of vampires in London. Two gentlemen optimistic about ‘Gentleman’ at Kennedy Center 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. O’Brien, as the admittedly and entertainingly ornery Jack, brings the energy of mild raillery to the proceedings. Review: In ‘The Weir,’ Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s an album of music that doesn’t seem to be about the songs; it’s all a kind of conjuring, or invented ritual, and it’s deeply ornery. Music: New Music From David Berkman, Dirty Three, Christian Mistress 2012-02-19T14:14:22Z “What to do” about your ornery guest is nothing. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to respond when ‘cocktail attire’ isn’t your guest’s cup of tea 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The music stays its ornery, tangled course, but somewhere along the way, this “Neither” gets too caught up in surfaces. Review: Contortions en Route to Resurrection in Shen Wei’s ‘Neither’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z When we look back on this strange liminal period — not yet over the threshold of a pandemic — two designers will likely stand above the rest for pure ornery individuality. Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Reed was ornery; he could be mightily self-important. “The Bells”: Lou Reed Out of Doors 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z I don’t know when I got so ornery, but for me these little pleasantries took a real effort. My roommate ruined my life 2012-11-25T22:00:00Z They keep things syncopated and slippery, and Auerbach tosses off an ornery solo on “Getaway.” Album review: Dr. John, 'Locked Down' ✭✭✭ 1/2 2012-04-01T23:26:00Z This is entirely apt, because time, in all its ornery complexity, fleeting and ponderous, slipping through the fingers even as it weighs upon the soul, is a central theme in Beckett’s 1958 one-act. | 'Krapp?s Last Tape': ?Krapp?s Last Tape,? With John Hurt, at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T03:01:00Z And then there are the families in the mountains who lose limbs and loved ones to the mines, and yet remain independent, ornery, loyal. Fiction That Takes You Back in Time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But then one of the play’s themes is the notion that human beings are ornery creatures given to establishing inappropriate relationships that defy logic. | 'Graceland': Grieving as an Odd Family Affair, From LCT3 2010-05-18T04:59:00Z He was particular, even ornery, about his business. Tom Petty, an Unfussy Rock Star Who Kept His Tenacity Under Cover 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z One is to Yale University, where Mr. Barney, class of 1989, began to merge ornery sculpture made with plastics and Vaseline with athletic performances and perplexing symbolism. A Lighter Matthew Barney Goes Back to School, and Back Home 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z She is not on Twitter; her Web site, called Ineradicable Stain, remains an ornery, playful cabinet of curiosities rather than the self-promotional placeholder expected of contemporary writers. Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z In the film, Crosby presents himself as a complicated, intelligent, and sporadically ornery figure, certain of his attributes and shortcomings; this makes him a strikingly clear-eyed narrator of his own life. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Winehouse may seem a strange symbol for couture, but like her, couture is fragile, rare, free-spirited, ornery — and when it’s gone, it’s gone. Fashion Review: Haute Couture: The Fine Line 2012-01-25T22:09:21Z Every one of the album’s 12 songs, from the already viral “Formation” to the ornery, fuzzed-out rager “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” is also perched somewhere on Billboard’s hot singles list. We can’t stop talking about Beyoncé. But is she selling as much music as we think? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Mike Milo is a former rodeo rider and horse trainer — an ornery old cuss with a complicated past and a soft spot for children and animals. ‘Cry Macho’ Review: The Good, the Bad and the Poultry 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z But Nebraska, in which Dern plays his usual ornery coot with a crazy dream, remains the least seen of the nine Best Picture nominees, taking in only $16.5 million at the domestic box office. Oscars 2014: Why Matthew McConaughey Will Win Best Actor 2014-02-24T18:20:39Z Mr. Mangum’s songs are musically blunt — usually a few hard-strummed chords driving the ornery holler of his voice — but subject to metamorphosis. Music Review: Reunited, Neutral Milk Hotel Plays in Jersey City 2014-01-15T22:52:40Z For he served, in a way, as the most gifted Second Unit Director: wrangling huge crowds of ornery men into tiny spaces, then getting them to deliver Tony Kushner’s dense dialogue with clarity and passion. Oscars 2013: Richard Corliss’ Picks – Best Director 2013-02-21T22:05:35Z Envisioning death and destruction, the songs stay ornery to the end. Jon Pareles’s Top 10 Albums of 2012 2012-12-12T13:55:53Z He doesn’t engage in the old ornery generational comedy of the middle-aged comic. Louis C.K.’s New Special Mines Comedy From the Middle Ground 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z "Grandma," writer-director Paul Weitz's dramedy about an ornery septuagenarian poet who helps her teenage granddaughter try to rustle up money for an abortion, will open the Los Angeles Film Festival, organizer Film Independent announced Tuesday. 'Grandma' to open Los Angeles Film Festival; Lily Tomlin to be honored 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But to be American is to be ornery, direct, unaffected. U.S. Ballerinas Redefine an Art, but What About History? 2013-07-05T17:15:59Z She even beat him over the head, like the world’s most ornery cruise director, and locked that woman in the brig for eating her steak. Fear the Walking Dead recap: season two, episode five – Captive 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z It was not merely making me miserable, but ornery as well. Writing a book isn't supposed to be fun 2013-03-28T11:04:05Z Magoo as Scrooge is inspired casting: Despite Mr. Orgel’s reservations, this mixed-up old man makes perfect sense as an ornery miser. ‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ Back in Prime Time 2012-12-20T23:24:19Z But I think this will be more ornery and strange and idiosyncratic. Bobby Darin Who? Jonathan Groff Gets It Now 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z While it might seem easy to pity the alienated Hogan, his ornery truculence and the me-against-the-world attitude that flares when he drinks makes us see how hard he might be to live with. ‘Lost Lake,’ a Two-Character Play by David Auburn 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The Chargers are expecting the Dallas Cowboys to be more ornery than usual coming off an “embarrassing” blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Chargers have played more close games than rest of NFL. How that helps vs. Cowboys 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The Chargers are expecting the Dallas Cowboys to be more ornery than usual coming off an “embarrassing” blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Chargers-Cowboys matchups: How to watch, matchups, prediction 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The publicity-shy author famously had an ornery reaction to that win, giving an interviewer who broke the news “two minutes” on the phone to ask his questions so that she could have her morning coffee. Louise Glück, former U.S. poet laureate and Nobel winner who wrote with 'austere beauty,' dies at 80 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z An ornery, board-jacking sea otter is terrorizing surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz. Meet the 486-legged creature found in an L.A. area park 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z More ornery than white rhinos, their larger and more populous cousins, black rhinos are a critically endangered species: Only 5,500 to 6,000 individuals remain, 36 percent of them in South Africa. Rhinos’ Horns Were Cut to Thwart Poachers. After, They Didn’t Go Out Much. 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He now has to handle her affairs, too, and when he talks about the challenges ahead it becomes clear that he remains every bit as ornery as he was his entire career. A.J. Foyt returns to the Indy 500, his legacy long secured and grief fresh from his wife’s death 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In “A Man Called Otto,” Tom Hanks stars as a despondent and ornery widower whose suicide plans keep getting foiled by the needs of his neighbors. New this week: Ed Sheeran, Watergate and Pete Davidson 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In addition to Allison, there is Morgan Freeman’s ornery Daniel, who is a recovering alcoholic. Review: It’s hard to find the good in ‘A Good Person’ (except Florence Pugh) 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z When legendary Green Bay quarterbacks get ornery and shrug off their ambiguous retirement plans, they escape to New York. Perspective | Aaron Rodgers with the New York Jets? What could possibly go wrong? 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Members are aware of this in theory but get ornery whenever I try to propose this. Advice | Ask Amy: Dysfunctional affinity group can’t get anything done 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The film stars Tom Hanks as a despondent and ornery widower whose suicide plans keep getting foiled by the needs of his neighbors. New this week: ‘Outer Banks,’ Adam Lambert, ‘Snowfall’ 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Those are stories that other scholars and popular writers have told, but I would have loved to read Graeber’s kaleidoscopic, ornery, optimistic take on the full span of skull-and-crossbones history. Did pirates invent democracy? David Graeber's last book makes the case 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z He could be ornery if he didn’t get out on the water often enough. Ken Balcomb, 82, Dies; Revealed the Hidden World of Killer Whales 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “You become very ornery and obsessed with food.” What bodybuilders do to their bodies — and brains “I will never see her bright blue eyes or her ornery smile again,” Gandy said. FedEx driver says he strangled Texas girl in van: warrant 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “She is dealing with the death of her father and her mother’s depression — and then there’s a wandering spirit or dybbuk that is ornery and disruptive,” said Higuera. Newbery winner offers 5 favorite kids’ books of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z One Arizona poll worker is bringing surplus Halloween candy and marshmallow bars in case lines get long or ornery. Candy on the Table, an Eye on the Exit: Poll Workers Run a Tense Election Day 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Oftentimes, when interrogated about himself and his views, he is something of a pill: evasive, defensive and not infrequently ornery. Review | Bob Dylan takes us on a wide-ranging tour of songs he admires 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The difference came down to attitude: Goats are simply more ornery. In a warming world, who wins: Goats or sheep? 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Trump voters say that all the time. It’s figurative. We’re just ornery and it’s figurative language,” he said. Georgia man wants violent social posts excluded in Jan. 6 trial 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Servheen thinks the pain of these traps might also make the wounded bears particularly ornery. Fur traps fingered as source of grizzly injuries 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z When he fought for championships and equality as a player, he was often considered aloof, even ornery. Perspective | Bill Russell made America better by demanding better from America 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z In director Jade King Carroll’s exquisite Shakespeare Theatre Company production, the characters engage in ornate and ornery exchanges about acting techniques, onstage intimacy, whitewashing and theater’s civic purpose. Review | In Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘Red Velvet,’ celebration is actually tragedy 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He wrote legal letters for my daughter in her battle with an ornery landlord. Plaschke: "Billfish Forever!" Celebrating Andrew Ladores, the toughest Gator and a loyal friend 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The California freeways’ greatest champion was Randolph Collier, a state senator from Siskiyou County, an ornery corner of the state about as far north as you can get without being Oregon. A wide median here, a stubby endpoint there — the ghosts of L.A.’s unbuilt freeways 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Rogues, ornery females and the odd tea-leaf reader populate the pages of this month’s recommended books, which range across settings including a medieval village, a dystopian future and the landscape of two world wars. 10 books to add to your reading list in June 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z But, on this day in Tampa, I was ornery and sluggish because I was about 4 for my last 34. A Memorable Chat With the ‘Voice of God’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Still, the overhang from covid continues to affect the political environment, contributing to what one strategist referred to as an “ornery” electorate. Key issues that could determine the 2022 midterms Doncic was spectacular and ornery, cackling as he orchestrated a masterpiece. Perspective | As an immature coach, Jason Kidd failed. Then he found Luka Doncic. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z “Now it’s time for me to turn it over to other people. My health is not as good as it used to be. But I’m still as ornery as ever,” he said. Longtime Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely retires 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z But L’Enfant’s ornery personality made him difficult to work with. Pelosi, D.C. leaders unveil a statue of L’Enfant in Capitol. D.C. sees it as a small step toward statehood. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Hume sold his last 16 black rhinos — famed for their ornery temperament — to the small kingdom of Eswatini, which borders South Africa. Is trouble ahead for South Africa’s private rhino breeders? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Her latest role comes in “The Power of the Dog,” in which she plays a newlywed whose ornery brother-in-law refuses to welcome her to the family. How much pain goes into a movie? Kristen Stewart, Lady Gaga sound off in our roundtable 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z From our conversation, I was expecting wise counsel and serious mentorship, which did come, but not before he spent half an hour trying to make me laugh with tales of ornery writers. Opinion | Remembering Fred Hiatt 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “On some level, it’s not that complicated. When you have a country that’s stressed or ornery, the party in charge is in a bad position,” Mr. Axelrod said. After Celebrating the U.S. Abroad, Biden Returns to Challenges at Home 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “They were pretty ornery right off the bat,” said E. Chai Vasarhelyi, who interviewed the cave divers for the new documentary “The Rescue.” How a group of 'ornery,' 'nerdy' divers pulled off the miraculous Thai cave rescue 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Otherwise, Orlean is like the rest of us, devoted to creatures who are ornery, slobbery, aloof or just plain mortal when we don’t want them to be. Susan Orlean's new book explores our intense love of animals, especially donkeys 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z As long as the odds are stacked against us, the independent and ornery will respond. The Dixie Fire disaster and me 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Try to enjoy the unpredictability as much as Aaron Rodgers loves being ornery. Perspective | In this longest NFL season, early impressions mean less than ever 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Each year’s quarterback class has few members with even the potential to develop into upper-echelon starters, but the college ranks are teeming with agile, ornery 250-plus-pound defenders ready to join the marauding hordes. Can’t Find a Franchise Quarterback? Shop for the Best Antidote. 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z But these ornery habits, he said, have today put Labinot Mal at odds with the spirit of the times, which are dominated by rejection of Hoxha and everything he stood for. Guarding the Last Likeness of a Loathed Dictator? It’s a Thankless Job. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Our ornery libertarian pragmatism would alter American politics. Opinion | The thirsty West’s dreaded water crisis is here 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The state has always had an ornery streak. Column: He called out Trump's election lie. That made him toxic to fellow Republicans 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z And, of course, fearlessness — even at speeds around 240 miles per hour, which can make a car so ornery that a driver needs to wrestle the steering wheel to tame it. At the Indianapolis 500, Scott Dixon Has the Pole Position. And More. 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z So it’s fair to say that politics in Arizona have always had an ornery streak. Column: The crazy history behind Arizona's wacky presidential recount 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice and his team were tired and a little ornery. Ehlers, Connor each score 2 as Jets surge past Leafs 5-2 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z And yet, he talked about it again, for the one thing the famously ornery coach will almost always talk about is Pomona. The SoCal night Gregg Popovich's Hall of Fame career nearly died before it began 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The Times may contain multitudes, but running a travel agency that drops ornery 65-year-old journalists into the literal jungle with a pack of sharp teens is a bridge too far. Postcard From Peru: Why the Morality Plays Inside The Times Won’t Stop 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “It’s more frankly an ornery conservatism, and it’s one that responds to some culture war issues.” ‘It’s Embarrassing’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tests the Limits of Some Voters 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z It was hard enough to find the hippo, a massive, ornery male with a reputation for harassing local ranchers. Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Glenn Close’s turn as the ornery, larger-than-life and fiercely loyal grandmother Mamaw in “Hillbilly Elegy” wasn’t even fully unleashed into the world before it took on a life of its own. Family drew Amy Adams and Glenn Close to 'Hillbilly Elegy.' (Family, and Terminators.) 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Is it because the state is made up of ornery people who can’t see the difference between cooperation and coercion? Editorial Roundup: Idaho 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “He was an ornery, mean-but-lovable grandpa; one of those guys, you know? I threw the first one and it went flying, and he was like: ‘What the hell was that? A ‘Perfect’ Pitcher, a Home Run Stealer and Two-Thirds of a Big 3 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In the introduction, she describes the book as “this silly, inconsequential, ornery, joyful, obsessive, rude, and extremely stupid book.” Movies buffs will get a laugh out of this new Lindy West book that asks bizarre questions about blockbuster films 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Her son William “Billy” Jones said the ornery handyman refused to leave with his German shepherd mix Roxy as the fire approached, even though his wife and neighbors did. Will Phoenix rise from the ashes? Deadly wildfires decimate Oregon town 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Over three highly productive years as a linebacker at Virginia, Charles Snowden has stared down dozens of ornery offensive linemen bent on keeping him from reaching the backfield. A Virginia football player found himself in the heart of D.C. protests this summer. It wasn’t a surprise. 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z DUBLIN, Ohio — Rather than a British Open lid-lifter with golfers navigating the ornery botany along Sandwich Bay in southern England, the third Thursday in July brought Tiger Woods waving to people in backyards. Tiger Woods returns, giving backyard galleries plenty to watch at the Memorial 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z We agreed we should always write as if some assistant managing editor — ornery over everything — might read the piece and think: “This guy’s done. Who else we got?” Chris Erskine: This is goodbye, but before I go, some thanks are in order 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z After San Francisco blew out Green Bay in the NFC championship game three months ago, the quarterback declined to be ornery and condescending, two of his most infamous traits after losses. Perspective | For Aaron Rodgers, the fun may be over before it had barely begun again 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Well, no one can second-guess the ornery, arrogant Dr. House. Review | Mystery maladies that cross the border between mind and body 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “Surprisingly, potatoes are, I would say, pretty ornery vegetables.” Jets’ new center McGovern raised on football and potatoes 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z One ornery turkey even tried to get in his house, he said. The Corner of N.Y.C. That’s Overrun by Deer, Turkeys and Feral Cats 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z He’s an ornery 35-year-old protector of his greatness, yet his lawn is open to elite young trespassers. Perspective | LeBron is a benevolent king, but he won’t give Giannis his throne easily 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z They include more than a few former soldiers, some disillusioned idealists, near-professors, onetime hippies and a few ornery individualists — as well as the occasional careerist and megalomaniac. Review | The courage and dedication, and sometimes tragedy, of America’s diplomats 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “When they finally got him to go in and he had some stents put in, his health got much better. His legs are bad, but he’s still the ornery cuss he always was.” Don Shula at 90: His wife says he has a ‘beautiful life’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z While Jeremy Corbyn remains the kind of ornery fringe politician for whom opposition is a badge of honour, Johnson, like Trump, clearly needs to be liked. Like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson is a politician who deserves to be booed | Emma Brockes 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z We soon discover this hotel is anything but a place to rest, as one floor is a medieval dungeon, another a multilevel arboretum, and restaurants introduce us to an obsessively ornery ghost chef. Review: In ‘Luigi's Mansion 3,’ Nintendo hides a character study in an adventure game 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z But from there, facing an LA lineup stacked with a half-dozen lefty hitters, Scherzer displayed the sort of ornery dominance that helped him win three Cy Young Awards. Scherzer, Zimmerman lead Nationals past Dodgers 6-1 to force Game 5 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z And in the current case of the ornery offense, the issues are much bigger than him. Column: Jared Goff and Rams' offense are weighed down without Todd Gurley carrying load 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z This is the sort of spot — facing an ornery opponent in a fired-up atmosphere on the road — where the 2018 Chargers excelled. Chargers vs. Lions: How the teams matchup for Sunday's game 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z After that match, he taunted the ornery crowd by telling them its boos motivated him to win. Rafael Nadal Wins the U.S. Open to Claim His 19th Grand Slam Title 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z One reporter in Oklahoma compared him to Russell Westbrook, the state’s ornery pro basketball star. How Kyler Murray went from a 5-foot-5 high school star to NFL’s most anticipated QB 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Of course, being ornery is the last thing Stricker is known for. Steve Stricker on being a Ryder Cup captain, dominating the U.S. Senior Open, and his putting philosophy - Golf Digest 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Fortunately, with the Warren Course also getting ornery, Stricker’s conservative approach never put him on the hot seat. Steve Stricker amends loss that was 'eating at me' by winning a national championship - Golf Digest 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Their offensive ingenuity belies the fact that they’re physical and ornery. Perspective | The Warriors built a dynasty with talent. They can sustain it with toughness. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z General was closed as the city’s public hospital in 2001 were cost, mismanagement and the ornery and chronic illnesses of its patients. D.C. hospital plan is wacky 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Sometimes the Cavaliers could stand to be less introspective and more ornery, but that is not their way. Perspective | Kyle Guy, shooting through a slump, is the heart of brainy Virginia 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He is popular among his peers for an off-court affability that provided a striking contrast from his often ornery on-court demeanor. Citing Pain, Andy Murray Says He Will Retire After Wimbledon 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But Stricker soon restored it to six in, well, ornery fashion, by chipping in from 46 feet for birdie at the par-3 12th. Steve Stricker amends loss that was 'eating at me' by winning a national championship - Golf Digest 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z But Reid himself always seemed more predisposed to believing that the arc of the universe bent toward an ornery brawl. Harry Reid Has a Few Words for Washington 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Granted, humans are also opaque, unfair and ornery. Review | Dreaming of artificial intelligence in ancient Greece and Silicon Valley 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Lots of people in the last 25 years of live become cranky, ornery, and firmly fixed in their ways. Opinion | The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The Chargers’ 23-22 loss to Denver last week was more like a snap hook into a pond filled with ornery gators and abandoned Titleists. Chargers hope loss to Denver was 'a wake-up call' as they enter season's third quarter 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Trump replied to May’s gesture with an “ornery outburst,” berating her at length for failing, in his estimation, to help him contain Iran and to reverse unfavorable international trade agreements. Trump’s Rages and the Case for Optimism 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It allows her to be ornery and vulnerable in “The Heat.” This Melissa McCarthy Story Just Might (Maybe? Possibly?) Cheer You Up 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve stayed alive I guess, ‘cause I’m mean and ornery,” he boasted in a somewhat raspy voice. Kansas pilot receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z That gave him some latitude to continue being ambitious, bold and ornery. The Scientist Who Scrambled Darwin’s Tree of Life 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z And what detective series would be complete without the ornery, disapproving police chief? Review: The TV detective satire 'Carter' has fun with cop cliches 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z But as human beings, sometimes you get a little ornery, you get a little irritated. Case Keenum brings certainty, chemistry to Denver Broncos 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z “The kids didn’t have a chance to get bored and ornery,” she said. Immigrant youth shelters: “If you’re a predator, it’s a gold mine” 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z It joined the European Economic Community, as it was then known, in 1973, and spent the following four decades as an influential, if sometimes ornery, player in the development of the bloc. Theresa May’s Impossible Choice 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z In the story, Patterson wrote about Koko’s ability to understand and respond to human emotion — even argue, revealing her ornery side. Koko, the beloved gorilla that learned to communicate using sign language, has died 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In 2002, War Emblem nearly fell to his knees when the starting gate sprang open, and Baffert knew the ornery colt was done. Justify ready for run at Triple Crown history in Belmont 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s also interesting to note that Scotland is donning the badge of the food police, those ornery groupies who insist on regulating what we put in our mouths. World Health Organization, Scotland stir up food police vs. fat patrols battle 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Young’s grand gestures have previously appeared to be designed with the intention of pleasing only Neil Young – and Neil Young in one of his most spectacularly ornery moods – but this feels aimed at the fan. Heart of gold: Neil Young's online archives are a revolution in fandom 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z “I can’t keep answering all these questions,” he said in an ornery voice. Health care workers keep elderly from dying in the streets 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The ornery Yankees outfielder responded to a comment by Washington pitcher Earl Whitehill by punching him in the face. The Yankees-Nats rivalry was once so fierce it required a police riot squad 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z While I would often holler that they’d better hurry up or we would be late, no one was ornery because we all knew the night would be a blast. Recent Boy Scout leadership decisions disappoint U.S. moms 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “Given China’s ornery response, it appears Beijing is also willing to go down this path if necessary to keep its system intact regardless of the consequences,” Kennedy wrote in a commentary. Hard-line US demands on China raise stakes in trade talks 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z It should be noted, however, that Wall’s ornery temperament is just as important. Perspective | John Wall has regained point god form, and that’s just what the Wizards need 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z There will be an ornery inclination among some lawmakers to block a revision that is needed in the K-12 school finance plan recently approved by the Legislature. Recent Kansas editorials 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The marvelously ornery Mark Burnham stars as Teddy "Bear" Haynes, a Los Angeles crime boss who uses addicts and immigrants in the country illegally to stock his human-trafficking and organ-harvesting businesses. 'Lowlife' puts some fresh touches on a Tarantino-esque story 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z We were each other's shadow till he was 14 and became more independent and a little ornery. The most awful kind of grief. The most beautiful memories. So long, son 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z "I don't think so, unless the stewards think they owe me one for being so ornery sometimes," Ruis joked before the decision was announced. Bolt D'Oro prevails in controversial finish at Santa Anita 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z He’s plucked countless porcupine quills from the snouts of dogs, delivered calves in snowstorms and castrated a docile house cat and ornery bull in the same day. Calf pulling and puppy worming: rural vet Dr. Pol is reality TV's most unlikely star 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Most of the Taliban fighters were ornery yokels, with only the vaguest understanding of what America was. Review | America’s slow-motion military and policy disaster in Afghanistan and Pakistan 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Pack says she sometimes hears “that ornery giggle” of her mother’s in her younger son’s laughter. Stepdaughter in kill-for-hire case: ‘Working on forgiveness’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Your sister, ornery as she may be, has someone she can expect to help her when she can’t help herself any longer. What if My Mother’s Extramarital Cravings Are Linked to Dementia? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z No matter how badly Trump screws up, no matter how ornery the little fat guy in North Korea gets, no matter how many idiots get themselves hooked on drugs -- others will have to handle it. Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Moore said she had a great childhood, but admitted she was “a little ornery.” Trooper works to convict sexual predators, child abusers 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The librarian, Lorain Sheets, was “always on” Hopkins when she was a child because, Hopkins said, she was “ornery.” Motorcycle-riding librarian celebrates 25th anniversary 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z That was Ms. Hazel: Deeply devout, sometimes ornery. From a 911 call, a friendship bloomed between Baltimore cop and widow, 98: 'All she wanted was somebody to talk to' 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z But with pizza, they all concede Naples pizza’s best except an ornery Sicilian. It’s Official: Naples Pizza Is One of Civilization’s Glories 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Ron Swanson, the ornery small-government hero of Parks and Recreation, despises public officials who abuse their power. Ron Swanson tells Ajit Pai he has no honor for killing net neutrality 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Helton believes that in a profession full of the paranoid, the ornery and the loud, the calmest person in the room is often the right one. A trying week will test Clay Helton's philosophy of calm 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The black rhino is famed for its ornery disposition and is far more apt to charge at any perceived threat. South Africa to restock Chad with black rhinos 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z At the same time, these are some of the most ornery people you'll ever meet, but that's kind of what that world is. Mike Judge illustrates some of the wildest tales from some of the most talented musicians in 'Tales From the Tour Bus' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z But to the true aficionado, Steely Dan's unwillingness to waste time touring in order to focus on the bigger rewards of record-making was just the ultimate measure of their ornery integrity. The 1993 interview when Walter Becker opened up about Steely Dan's subversive intentions 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z “Jared is one of a kind. He’s funny. He’s a good kid. He’s a little ornery at times, but he’s a hard-working, good kid.” High school in Oklahoma has one-man senior class 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Along the way he cultivated the character of a profane, tobacco-streaked curmudgeon, enthusiastically riling his neighbors, as he put it, “just for ornery fun.” M.T. Liggett, who lined a highway with politically provocative art, dies at 86 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The black rhino is famed for its ornery disposition and is far more apt to charge at any perceived threat. South Africa to restock Chad with black rhinos 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Managing monster egos and ornery clients was one of his strengths. James Staley’s Series of Unfortunate Events 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The infamously ornery comic’s extremely awkward new interview with the Hollywood Reporter has gone viral due to Lewis’ testy answers and obvious disinterest. Here's what happens when Jerry Lewis isn't so hostile in an interview 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Rice Jr., by his own account, was “ornery as hell,” known to police for stealing cars and break-ins. After life without parole: 2 held for decades savor freedom 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z “He’s a big brother type. He’s old and he’s ornery. “Everybody knows he loves to play the game. Hali a center of attention at Chiefs camp after Twitter rant 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps unaware of the specific biting incidents, El Salvador Coach Eduardo Lara said of the ornery match: “These things always happen in football.” Beyond ‘nipple-gate’: CONCACAF looks into alleged bite during U.S.’s odd Gold Cup win 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “Hillary was their darling, Obama was their darling. And you kick them in the shins there, and they get a little ornery. They’re ornery, and they’re trying to run Trump into the ground.” Trump supporters still fixate on Clinton as mood darkens 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z “The bone is soft and punky,” he said, picking at the surrounding “ornery” rock with extreme caution. Philadelphia museum’s fossil surgeon reveals ancient past 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z He turned the program around, writing standardized handbooks to speed up a typically ornery process and developed a reputation among Democrats and Republicans in the White House as a stern, but highly proficient, steward. A Vocal Defender of Ethics Has Fans — and Foes 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z His ornery nature prompted Republican leaders to push him to retire as a senator, but Bunning pushed back. Jim Bunning, tough pitcher, hard-nosed senator, dies at 85 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z His ornery nature prompted Republican leaders to push Bunning to retire as a senator. Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame pitcher and member of Congress, dies at 85 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z His character was also a suspect in the 1980 series cliffhanger that left the world wondering who shot ornery oilman J.R. Jared Martin, who played Dusty Farlow on ‘Dallas,’ dies 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z And, of course, DeAngelo Hall as the sage, if sometimes ornery, grandfather figure. Jay Gruden knows his safeties have energy. What else? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z He was ornery, though that’s not especially unusual, and almost an hour after a game Harrison helped win, he was mostly put back together. At 38, the Steelers’ James Harrison is still going strong. Really, really, really strong. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “She would do anything for you. Anytime a new resident would move in, she would show them around the neighborhood. “She was ornery but sweet,” Jones said of her friend. Family, friends to honor Seattle hit-and-run victim at intersection where she was killed 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z To those who didn’t know him well, he appeared gruff and ornery. Fallen trucker’s family delivers travel-size comfort 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z “Here’s a picture of Steve, the ornery teenager,” Kerr-Adams said on a recent Sunday afternoon, stopping in a hallway lined with family photographs. Tragedy Made Steve Kerr See the World Beyond the Court 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z For one, he’s different from the ornery Mr. Reid. Chuck Schumer’s Minority Duty 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The loners will choose a horse that sticks to itself, and the ornery kids will choose the spirited horses. Corralling children’s grief 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Grumpiness remains the Sanders charm, and the Vermonter was as ornery as ever while sparring with the media Thursday. This is Bernie Sanders' plan to lead Democrats out of the wilderness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z They’re famously ornery, known for biting and kicking, and serve no purpose on a working farm. How a Donkey Became My Running Partner 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “I suppose it’s just the patience I got from my mother, Doris, and the ornery bullheadedness I got from Pap.” Arnold Palmer, the Magnetic Face of Golf in the ’60s, Dies at 87 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z They’re scruffy, ornery little machines, the piratical cousins of golf carts. The Bangladeshi Traffic Jam That Never Ends 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z If there’s anything I admire about the ridiculously rich, it’s how they always get what they want in an ornery and uncooperative world. Scottish hunting lodge? No, an orphanage for peculiar children 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z And what a marvelously ornery game that could be. It's last call for Vin Scully, and Giants could make it a historic one 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Since then his acid test has been: Is it ornery, unusual or different? Louisville picker knows what he likes 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Local sheriffs went on the lookout for overridden horses and ornery cowboy riders. The Race of the Century that Marked the End of the Wild West 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Though the color blue makes few appearances in the garden, and the rarest, richest-hued blooms can be ornery to grow, that doesn’t stop plant-o-holics from coveting the bluest of the blues. Can Crushed-Up Cars Inspire a Flower Arrangement? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z And then there are the downright ornery voters—as many as 10-15% of respondents in our survey—who refuse to be pigeonholed at all. Defining realignment 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Yep, off to camp he goes, this magnificent beast, this experiment in enlightened American parenting — an ornery, confused, funny, astute, whimsical puppy-man eventually headed for even greater things in life. My teen is off to tennis camp this summer. What to pack for the puppy-man? 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z "We knew she was getting better when she was getting ornery," she said. Elderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick – and Leave Disabled 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s feisty, combative style was a perfect match for ornery Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Book Review: Transition from McCarthy aide to fierce liberal 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z And anyone who has followed his career now that’s Stewart is best when he’s in a bad mood, and Smoke was ornery all weekend in the picturesque wine country. Tony Stewart wins at Sonoma to snap 84-race drought 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z “Or maybe I’m just being ornery,” he said. Arnold Palmer still hitting balls, staying busy 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z A focused and ornery Golden State equaled victory. Suddenly the Cavaliers are rolling, and the Warriors are reeling 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Instead they manage an online magazine, photo service and other digital enterprises; celebrate the middlebrow and the ornery; and revel in sponsorships and branding opportunities that efface any distinction between creation and complicity. Welcome to the LOLhouse: how the Berlin Biennale became a slick, sarcastic joke 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z This spring, Ms. Warren, 66, embarked on a long string of ornery slaps at Mr. Trump on his favored forum, Twitter, calling his candidacy a “serious threat” and calling him “a loser.” Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Rather, he was an ornery, attacking heavyweight champ in the mold of Sonny Liston. Why Muhammad Ali Matters to Everyone 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Muscular, massive, unbeaten and ornery, Foreman, like Ali, was paid $5 million by promoter Don King and his backers for the bout, which was delayed for more than a month until Oct. Underestimating Muhammad Ali was the mistake of a lifetime, George Foreman says 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The Cavaliers said the ball, that ornery instrument, refused to go into the basket last night. Cavs Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z In one, an ornery old man being examined by his doctor demands, “You’re going to keep on looking until you find something — aren’t you?” Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z “Considering that writers, as a group, are an ornery, independent-minded bunch, to get almost 500 of them to sign on to a single statement is pretty extraordinary,” Slouka told Salon via email. “A matter of conscience”: Stephen King, Junot Díaz and hundreds of other authors sign anti-Trump letter 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “People are feeling ornery and that’s the result of stagnant wages for the vast majority for at least the last dozen years,” said Mishel. Unhappy with the Obama economy, voters are buying what Trump's selling 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z When you add his feistiness and ornery desire to be the best to his skill set, he becomes an ideal fit on the field and in the locker room. The Redskins’ signing of Josh Norman is a $75 million shrewd move 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The run-up to the New York primary included some of the most ornery exchanges between Clinton and Sanders, with the two questioning each other’s judgment, preparation and qualifications for the presidency. Strong showing by Clinton in defeat of Sanders in New York primary 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z So it all comes back to bite President Barack Obama, Garland and Senate Democrats who can't seem to shake McConnell's ornery 2016 strategy to deny an outstanding nominee to the Supreme Court a hearing. What 'Confirmation' Missed 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The fans were ornery in the late innings Tuesday, when the Dodgers’ chronically shaky setup men lost an early lead. A Few Words About Vin Scully, a Storyteller Who Has Seen It All 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z One recalled seeing him hop into a pen with a bull on his ranch and, when the animal began getting ornery, whack it with a pail of oats. Tom Coughlin Was Seen as Champion of Wal-Mart’s Rank and File: 1949-2016 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z My Cat From Hell The reality series about some seriously ornery felines is back with new episodes; Jackson Galaxy hosts. Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk shows: 'SNL' and more 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z We journalists are supposed to be an ornery lot, but many actually seem driven by an instinct for submission. Commentator in Chief 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The terrorists might hop in a cab whose ornery driver would only speak Flemish. Belgium’s Tragic Terror Lessons 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z He’s an ornery and insufferable scold who oozes know-it-all-ism from every pore. Jeb is lying to himself — and everyone else: The Ted Cruz he’s endorsing is just a figment of his imagination 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The setbacks for Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic party in German regional elections and the likelihood that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president indicate that voters are in an ornery mood. Overcoming their fears 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z After lying back early, Cruz dove in later to try to peel off some of the ornery supporters Trump was attracting by painting him as a fraud. Trump Put Through the Ringer in GOP Debate 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z "But we've always been ornery and we've always had an independent streak." This restless and resentful mood is especially prevalent today, Dickey says. Trump Aims to KO Cruz in Texas 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z It was an ornery electorate that vented Tuesday at the polls. Trump wins Nevada caucuses, fortifying his lead in the Republican race 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z But Ms. Lee had an ornery side, as well. Monroeville, Ala., Remembers Harper Lee, Its Most Celebrated Resident 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z How do you care for a man who at age 87, was living with Alzheimer's, which made him forget, become disorientedand even grow stubborn and ornery? Caregivers: 4 Reasons Support Groups Will Be Your Lifeline 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z "Bereft of human interaction, his cattle that manage to survive are wild, mean and ornery," Gorder wrote. Cliven Bundy's 'bizarre' ranching practices include neglecting cattle, Justice Dept. says 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The author gives perceptive sketch of perhaps the two greatest pundits of the 20th century, Olympian Walter Lippman and ornery H.L. A Field Guide to Spin 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Sitting atop the ornery animal, the three-time world champ is running out of seconds before he receives an automatic no-score for failing to leave the gate. As bull riding gets big, athletes fight through the pain for big payouts 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Each election cycle produces a series of stories about McQuaid, the ornery high priest, and he has the anecdotes and souvenirs to prove it. Meet the New Hampshire newspaper publisher who’s at war with Donald Trump 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z New Yorkers may be proud, ornery individuals, quick to voice their differences loudly and unabashedly. New Yorkers Quickly Unite Against Cruz After ‘New York Values’ Comment 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Smith plays the ornery vagrant Mary Shepherd who one day turns up in her dilapidated van on the playwright’s North London block, where she stubbornly remains for 15 years. Review: Maggie Smith in her wheel house in ‘Lady in the Van’ 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z What compels a person to get bucked off and get right back on an ornery horse, ride after ride, rodeo after rodeo, year after year? Riding buckin’ horses the Wright way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Melvin shared stories of a happier, more innocent, time at Salina High, being among the typical ornery young men who would engage in mischief. Marine’s rescued heirlooms turn strangers into friends 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z "I get a little ornery about sentimentality," he said. Not the 'MANG' you think he is: 'Love the Coopers' ' Jake Lacy is more than Lena Dunham's safety net 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z But this is a locker room with more Jean Francois types now, more veterans who are hungry and ornery. This Redskins team’s mantra: ‘Break the man in front of you.’ 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z "I'm old, and I'm ornery," he said of the reason he stayed. Some in path of California wildfires say they weren't warned of approach; others refused to go 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z “Anyone wondering why people in this country are feeling so ornery need look no further than this report,” said Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank in Washington. Many More Americans Now Have Health Insurance 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “Anyone wondering why people in this country are feeling so ornery need look no further than this report,” Mr. Mishel continued. Health Care Gains, but Income Remains Stagnant, the White House Reports 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The relentless pace has resulted in a sometimes-melancholy delivery to voters or ornery exchanges with reporters. Slipping far back in polls, can Jeb Bush bounce back in the next debate? 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Democrats who are ornery and cantankerous as a rule are inclined to say they are for Sanders right now. Big-Name Plan Bs for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The kids are one board, for the most part, and she's rallying her sisters and her mom to attend, even though the "ornery old gal" has gone and broken her hip. 'I Am Cait' recap: It's the return of Bruce — and almost the return of Kris 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Of course, if the Mets are ornery and sweep the Nats as they did last month in New York, cancel the excitement. Thomas Boswell: Welcome the Nationals to an old-fashioned pennant race 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Dickey, an ornery gold prospector and one of the first U.S. explorers in the area, fell into an argument with two supporters of William Jennings Bryan and his free-silver movement. Here's How Mount McKinley Gained and Lost Its Name 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But aside from those early incarnation sausages, everything I ordered at Smokehouse Live retained much of its natural moisture, even ornery cusses like pulled pork and lean brisket. Smokehouse Live is a triple threat for meat and music lovers 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Things had become ornery between King and Morgan, whose own show was canceled last year. Larry King Is Preparing for the Final Cancellation 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Successive rounds of austerity spread misery and ushered in the left-wing government that Europe and the IMF find so ornery, but did not reduce Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio. The Greek Solution Solved Nothing 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Because of interbreeding with the wild feral burro, mules have slightly larger cranial capacity and are believed to have higher intelligence, even though people interpret that sometimes as being ornery. How a 2,000-Mile Trail Helped Define The American Mindset 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Despite the efforts of an ornery neighbor - more about that later - the garden grew into something Gordon never imagined when he began. Man turns patch of weeds, litter into awesome urban garden 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Now, the only sounds were our voices echoing around a vast courtyard, the crunch of rubble beneath our feet and the caw of a lone ornery crow. The Estonian city that loves Putin - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z “It went through its toddler stage where it was a little ornery.” A spacecraft launched in 2006 is about to try for our first good photo of Pluto 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Escaping the Grand Ole Opry culture, he sought refuge in the Texas Hill Country, where ornery individualism was a badge of honor. Octogenarian, pot-smoking music legend 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z That’s at least something for Mr. Perry to bandy about when the press gets ornery. Inside the Beltway: Ronald Reagan book last chapter of legacy 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z “What we’ve learned is that Pluto’s moons are more like ornery teenagers who refuse to follow the rules.” Pluto's moons tumble in orbit, Hubble measurements reveal 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Dirk Nowitzki was a lone star surrounded by the hungriest and most ornery collection of assembled role players in 2011; yet he needed James’s bizarre disappearance to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a title. Kyrie Irving’s health could be the key to Cleveland’s title hopes 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Greene seemed genially unconcerned with the practical concerns of life — phone bills, medications, rent checks, driver’s license — though an ornery streak crackled to life when discussing the evils of corporate capitalism. Documenting My Patients' Next of Kin 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Ton Hollis says he's used to wake-up calls about "a bear in town or an ornery moose or something, but this was a little different." Beaver takes shopping trip inside Alaska hardware store 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z A major factor seems to be Idaho’s ornery streak, the part of the state’s identity that does not like the federal government — or, worse still, foreign governments — telling it what to do. Negotiated at The Hague, a Child Support Treaty Falters in Boise 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z How Mr. Bush performs on his second outing in a state that can favor establishment figures but that also has an ornery streak remains to be seen. Today in Politics: Jeb Bush Has Big Plans for a State That Upset His Brother 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Out he came, the ornery mound presence spurred by a college coach who didn’t allow him to pitch, and zing: 96 mph. Two tone: Max Scherzer’s playfulness, intensity may be final piece for Nationals 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z For the most part, the Boov are an ornery bunch who keep to themselves. Review: Animated alien adventure ‘Home’ lands with a thud 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z A few times each week, Johnson rolls into Dotty’s and plays keno, next to such regulars as Walter, the ornery would-be ladies man; tequila-drinking Amber; and the former roadie for the Rolling Stones. When is a casino a big casino? The question vexes Vegas, regulators 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “I’m kind of stubborn and ornery,” the 47-year-old Elliott said this week, sipping a latte in a West Seattle coffee shop. West Seattle coach Sonya Elliott’s grittiness resonates with playoff team 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z That's not even a whiff of the rhetoric of Warren, or Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ornery independent from Vermont who is contemplating a challenge to Clinton. Hillary Clinton's "Warm Purple Place" 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z On a practical level, though, big data projects can be ornery and expensive, which will come as a surprise to almost no one. OracleVoice: Seven Potential Potholes To Avoid On The Way To Big Data Success 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z That seems like the ornery Stewart of old. Nascar Driver Tony Stewart Plans Return 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Speaking of large, ornery beasts that roam green fields: in a bipartisan resolution, the U.S. Fat Is a Health Issue, in Unexpected Ways 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z He is not only big, 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds, he is ornery. Jake Fisher holds the line for Oregon 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Kesler, known as an ornery irritant to opponents, has been a good sport about frequent linemate changes and has 11 goals and 26 points while playing in all 32 Ducks games. Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Kesler help Ducks skate past adversity 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z That made it ornery, delicate and expensive to maintain. This time it’s different... 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z They can start out shy and skittish, then suddenly turn ornery. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In “The Homesman,” Mary Bee and Briggs travel across the plains, a pious spinster and an ornery rascal towing madness across the dangerous open range. Review: ‘Homesman’ reverses the Western’s course 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The turkey is always named Clyde after grower Bill Bates bestowed the moniker on a tom turkey for being ornery like his friend named Clyde. Gov. Robert Bentley pardons Clyde the Turkey 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Examiners insist that the formality is important, designed to inculcate a professional code and to prepare future cabbies for the ornery London public. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Think being mean and ornery is what it takes to live to 100? 16 Unexpected Ways to Add Years to Your Life 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The Angus made way as Joan took slow strides, checking for sick cows, ornery cows, anything out of the ordinary, tending the business she runs with her husband, Steve. Woman takes photos of female farmers 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Normally more docile, the males are not to be approached in the fall, because they become quite territorial and ornery. Wood Bison, North America’s Largest Animal, to Be Reintroduced Into Alaska A survey by Insure.com asked 2,000 drivers nationwide about driving habits, and Idaho was acknowledged as the home of the most ornery automotive drivers. Turns Out New Yorkers Aren't the Rudest Drivers After All 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z After years of cycling, skiing and other sports, I shrugged off the pain as an old pulled groin muscle reawakening itself just to be ornery. Think you’re too young to treat bad joints with hip replacement surgery? Read this. “Pauline was rumored to be known for sweeping the front sidewalk wearing only her shoes,” Ila May said with an ornery smile. Antique store owner, 95, has no plans to retire 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Sterling, a lawyer who made his fortune as a tough-knuckled negotiator, is historically ornery under oath. The real Donald Sterling is revealed at trial, and it's not pretty 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z He’s very friendly and likes people, which is odd because goats can be ornery. The landmark goat of Detters Mill 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z It is that mixture of irreverent wit and ornery attitude that has made Shaver's songs so easy to like since that legendary Jennings album. Billy Joe Shaver at the Hamilton: Still an outlaw after all of these years I’m rooting for this show to get to air, and if it does I hope it won’t devolve into tears, arguments and an ornery host with a whip. This Reality TV Show Can Save Your Retirement 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Despite the constant changes and the rigorous schedule, Gowan said his horse seems fit — a touch ornery as always. California Chrome draws No. 2 post for Belmont Yet the ornery side of the investor continues to come into view. Insider-Trading Inquiry Could Rattle Icahn's Efforts to Shape His Legacy 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z This summer she’ll be Melissa McCarthy’s ornery grandma in the road comedy Tammy. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z But the colt was headstrong, ornery even, and has demanded patience and a steady hand. Kentucky Derby Dawns for Two Sons, Seeking Win That Eluded Their Fathers 2014-05-03T01:59:24Z China is a little more ornery, it seems, and it’s no wonder Activision recently invented a fictional cabal of South American nations to play a different sort of evil axis in Call of Duty: Ghosts. China Issues Blanket 'Battlefield 4' Ban 2013-12-28T15:33:00Z That last horse, Bi Tomorrow, was an ornery cuss. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z “He was a bright young man with an ornery grin who adored his family and friends at Plaza Towers Elementary,” his family said. The Lede: Families Honor Young Victims of Oklahoma Tornado 2013-05-23T02:16:25Z Of course, those Knicks, fueled by Riley — who by then had won four titles as the Lakers coach — were a physical, ornery bunch. On Basketball: Knicks and Pacers’ Game 6 Past Dates to 1990s 2013-05-17T16:57:19Z He instantly made the Knicks edgier, more ornery, fitting into their caravan of redemptive warriors, from Anthony to J. R. Smith, on down. On Basketball: Knicks Provide a Clean Slate, Kenyon Martin Fills It With Numbers 2013-04-24T15:56:24Z My unease around them dates back to a traumatic incident when, returning home somewhat worse for wear, I was menaced by a pair of particularly ornery critters. The Spin 2013-04-23T11:31:58Z And then he spoke of how quickly he's adapted to a team owned by an ornery 78-year-old Texan. IN THE PITS: A changing of the guard in IndyCar? 2013-04-22T20:02:08Z The court's ruling was an ornery one, suggesting that the mayor's law went both too far and not far enough. Bloomberg's imperious overreach punished as big soda ban is blocked 2013-03-12T14:28:19Z I may be ornery, but even though I supported Clinton in 2008, I’m not ready to anoint her the one and only for 2016. That Obama-Clinton chemistry 2013-01-28T04:49:00Z Weaver, the long-time manager of the Baltimore Orioles, was fiery, ornery, controversial, cantankerous, volatile, temperamental and foul-mouthed. What Seattle Times sports readers are saying 2013-01-26T02:53:42Z “Even the most old-school and ornery surgeons” are grateful for child life specialists, says Rahul Shah, an ear, nose and throat surgeon at Children’s. ‘Life specialists’ help young patients cope with illness 2012-12-03T21:48:43Z Given the hostile reception, Tigre was ornery from the moment the first ball was kicked. Goal: Copa Chaos in Brazil 2012-12-13T21:38:39Z They must be gathered and gathered until the scientist becomes ornery, disillusioned or forlorn. Going Deep: Soliciting Explanations for the Mysteries of the Wild Life of Your Belly Button 2012-11-16T14:15:00.193Z The Leach era at Washington State won't end before it gets started because Wilson couldn't deal with a hard-driving, ornery coaching staff. Cougars coach Mike Leach's awful first season deserves Empty Corpse Award 2012-11-15T03:35:03Z He's trying to tame his country's demons when many see ornery cussedness as a founding virtue. A battle for America's soul 2012-11-05T02:07:30Z After a few more drinks, he would lose focus, get sloppy and sometimes become ornery and difficult. Op-Ed Contributor: Who Will Mourn George Whitmore? 2012-10-13T03:27:44Z One ornery specimen stuck one of its strong arms down a hole on the boat, and it took four people to finally dislodge it, she recalls. How Do You Count Giant Octopuses? Color-Code Them with Silicone [Video] 2012-09-10T20:45:42.797Z “He kind of gets misunderstood as being a little ornery, not talking to people,” Garrigus said. Kyle Stanley Focusing on Process, No Matter How He’s Golfing 2012-09-06T00:28:06Z After all, Hasselbeck and Locker didn't become cornerstones of Seattle sports by acting entitled and ornery. Titans enjoy friendly, natural progression at quarterback 2012-08-10T05:31:15Z That ornery qualifier makes it clear that these were not comparable conditions. What sports readers are saying 2012-07-01T03:11:40Z But it became apparent after his second time through the Mariners' foundering lineup that he had an ornery slider that the M's lineup was helpless to hit. Philip Humber completes perfect history lesson 2012-04-22T02:32:03Z Yet I am usually rather ornery about those manuscripts as well. Your Ability to Handle Your Environment is Correlated with your Hormones 2012-04-18T16:15:06.420Z What do you think of the ornery, low-down rascal's selling out. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The evil that you do unto others will some day be done unto you and will drag your ornery heart in its own blood. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z More important, he combines elite talent with the ornery personality of a little guy with something to prove. Midwest Region: N.C.A.A. tournament: Ohio?s D. J. Cooper Passed Up Major-College Route 2012-03-18T00:40:13Z He’s essentially a throwback: a cocky, ornery cuss who can back it all up. Bryce Harper in GQ 2012-03-15T11:05:28Z He has to be ornery, he said, if he's going to save black women from diabetes, heart disease and other health problems that plague African-American communities. Harsh fitness instructor brushes off critics 2012-01-27T19:56:04Z Like most Republicans, they liked Gingrich when he acted like an ornery pugilist. The Bully Primary: Mitt and Newt Vie to Be the GOP's Top Dog in Florida 2012-01-24T00:05:11Z “No, but I will,” he says, looking ornery. What You Missed While Not Watching the Last South Carolina GOP Debate 2012-01-20T05:25:00Z Each moment has illustrated the inherent risk that accompanies standing on the sideline of a football game, a short distance from 22 large and often ornery men running around in helmets and pads. Crowded Sidelines Leave Coaches Nowhere to Run 2011-12-28T01:31:37Z These lists are ornery things to put together in the first place, and somehow deciding which show is worthy of crowning the list feels artificial and often impossible. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Year in Miscellany 2011-12-15T20:04:19Z Wish I was on you, you ornery dog! Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z “Helps keep me in shape, keeps me ornery.” Character Study: Orville Davis, a Musician and Cowboy ? Character Study 2011-11-12T22:38:17Z As anyone who’s lost a spelling bee or failed a spelling test will affirm, the English language is more ornery than most. Are Americans More Dyslexic Than Italians? 2011-11-02T10:36:42Z They will meet an Oklahoma team that ought to be extra ornery after being upset at home by Texas Tech. The Quad: Games to Watch on Saturday 2011-10-29T04:21:14Z Smith and Bennett recalled him as a bit ornery and someone with a smirk on his face who always tried to push the limits. Authorities rule out cellphone use in Colorado crash that killed 6, injured 7 2011-10-15T08:03:57Z That was all th' fault of this ornery cayuse. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z What he's doing now is ornery, mean and just plain wrong -- ideological purity overruling common sense. Mean, ornery and just plain wrong 2011-09-03T23:04:00Z The starting time of Greer’s job rotates weekly, leaving him sleepy on the job and ornery at home. Do Sleepy Shift Workers Need Cephalon? 2011-08-12T02:00:23Z “Missed a couple of putts but every time I hit an ornery shot I got it up and down for par, so I kept the round going,” he said. Australian Nick O?Hern leads Reno-Tahoe Open with 7-under 65, 1 ahead of ex-UNLV star Riley 2011-08-05T02:55:51Z Now, in the darkness, on the side of the mountain, the man seemed ornery and off. Justin Torres: “Reverting to a Wild State.” 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z People liked Huntsman just fine — you’d have to be pretty ornery not to — but they were impatient for something more substantive. Magazine Preview: Huntsman Steps Into the Republican Vacuum 2011-06-21T00:54:10Z Mean, ornery and just plain wrong For Manhattan at least, last week was the weather week that wasn't. Mean, ornery and just plain wrong 2011-09-03T23:04:00Z Don’t you know moonlight makes cattle right ornery? Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Titan arum is as ornery as a panda too. Chinese 'Corpse Flower' Finds a Mate in the U.K. 2011-06-03T18:42:23Z “So you got the ornery critter, did you?” demanded the county officer, panting from his exertions. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z These ornery housekeepers, you know, have to be babied. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z Now jest look at that ornery feller comin' up the road! Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Actor Larry Thomas, who played the ornery soup genius on the TV show "Seinfeld" appeared - in character - to give DVD prizes to fans at Citi Field who correctly answered trivia questions about the show. Soup Nazi from 'Seinfeld' shows up at Mets game 2011-05-08T00:54:08Z And I’ll bet that the devil, just to be ornery, will wait until the last hour of the four days. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Well, of all the mean, ornery skunks I ever met up with, that Ossie Fredericks takes the cake. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Now the question becomes just how ornery the Red Wings are due to a late-season slump and a fairly convincing loss to the Hawks on Friday night. Hawks Game Day: Updates vs. Red Wings from the UC 2011-04-10T16:00:00Z But, really, that was about as ornery as the Hawks got after practice Thursday. Blackhawks' Scott on Thornton chirping complaint: 'I'll kick the (bleep) out of him' 2011-03-31T18:10:00Z It’s a headstrong barbecue that takes the ornery beef brisket and coddles it in wood smoke till it purrs. Smoke Signals: Hill Country founder aims to bring the taste of Texas barbecue to DC 2011-03-15T22:27:15Z Indeed, this is an ornery Northwestern squad that remains undeterred - and perhaps steeled by - its inferior size. Big Ten tournament: Northwestern stays alive to dream another day 2011-03-11T01:45:03Z His diary indicates that what drives him has more to do with true devotion and an ornery refusal to quit than it does with the accumulation of lucre. Amazon Crusader. Chevron Pest. Fraud? 2011-03-10T04:01:00Z And Earnhardt would still be kicking his son in the tail, inspiring him to greatness in his own ornery way. Junior's burden: Dale Earnhardt Jr. struggles to find his way 2011-02-14T04:10:00Z “The Hawkins’ family always has been mean an’ ornery.” Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z I don’t guess we’d ever be bosom friends, but I don’t aim to be mean or ornery when a man’s tryin’ to be as white as his nature allows him. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z “No-account” in this sense was a common Western term; and so was “ornery,” from ordinary, meaning inferior, which occurs in the next and final stanza. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The costs are so high, the unions so ornery, the politicians so demanding and the rivalries so fierce, that one false move invites financial disaster. Real Estate Developers Prosper Despite Defaults 2011-01-01T22:36:50Z But then he righted himself in New Hampshire, proving yet again that Republican voters have a knee-bending weakness for the aging and the ornery. Political Times: For G.O.P., End of the Preordained Candidate 2010-12-30T16:03:33Z "Will you get out of here," he roared, "before I cut a hickory switch and use it to tan your ornery hide!" The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z That is all except them that’s too shiftless and ornery to put up with ’em. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z As if to purposefully remind us of a less ornery era in sports, Don Meredith died on Monday at age 72. Leading Off: Under the Hoodie, the Patriots Hum 2010-12-07T17:14:00Z But instead of basking in the newfound limelight, the ornery Harvick bristled at the notion he might be viewed as a third wheel in the duel that will unfold Sunday. Nascar Has the Finish, if Not the Viewers, It Has Craved 2010-11-20T19:54:00Z I just wanted to be ornery, and I never expected the reaction I drew. Living to Tell 2010-10-01T15:45:00Z “True to our ornery nature, we refuse to publish room rates,” Ms. Smothers, 40, wrote in her e-mail. Red Hook Is Out, So Mexico Will Have to Do 2010-09-24T16:14:00Z But the business world has contributed more than its share of hypomanics, particularly the abusive, ornery kind. Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs 2010-09-18T21:47:00Z Of course, ornery commuters have been enforcing de facto quiet cars since the dawn of the mobile age. Train Cars With Cellphones, and Riders, Set on Silent 2010-09-08T01:00:00Z The New York of 1942, where war was an activity, and of 2010, where it is more like a condition, have one thing in common: New Yorkers’ ornery determination to get on with life. New York at War: Then and Now 2010-05-31T00:00:00Z While the vendors at the corners where the incident occurred were forthcoming about the incident on Saturday night, others up Broadway and 7th Avenue were downright ornery when pestered by reporters. Times Square Bomb Scare: Foreign Militants, or Homegrown Terror? 2010-05-03T01:15:00Z Whitman's capacity to keep going at a problem, to not get bored and lose resolve, could be what it takes to deal with an ornery and uncooperative legislature. Organized Chaos 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z No one was ever more intense, or more ornery. Randy Johnson is enjoying retirement 2010-04-11T01:31:00Z The prosecution’s filing is striking for its insight into the most contentious moments of the deliberations and for its portrayal of Ms. DeMarco as something of an ornery, unpredictable figure. Manhattan Prosecutors Dispute Astor Juror?s Claim 2010-04-10T01:51:00Z Trainers said the whales "were having an off day, that they were being ornery," she said. Whale drags trainer off platform in fatal attack 2010-02-25T23:37:00Z Others who attended the earlier show said the whale was behaving like an ornery child. Whale kills trainer as horrified spectators watch 2010-02-25T00:44:00Z Buffeted by financial forces beyond their control, they are ornery and disinclined to trust corporations—especially those that make lavish promises. 2010-02-11T22:00:00Z “He said you was a ornery hoodlum,” answers Buckshot, “and a loafer, and that he’s a-goin’ t’ roast you in his paper. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher "You cowards! you ornery, pusillanimous cowards!" she flung back at the gaping black faces. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Then, however, their thoughts naturally reverted to the mysterious disappearance, and the girl asked somewhat curiously, "So, Washington Beauregard, you won't allow that the 'ornery' thief what stole our pet come on two legs?" Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 That ornery beast will be all ready to charge me the first time he sees me afoot. The Orphan Mr. Hales is thinkin’ some of buying that ornery Spot horse of mine. Stepsons of Light He wouldn’t have risked his own respectability by a visit to such a “low down, ornery” resort, alone; but if Miss Betty chose to go there it was all right. Dorothy on a House Boat There was empty dry-goods boxes under the awnings, and loafers roosting on them all day long, whittling them with their Barlow knives; and chawing tobacco, and gaping and yawning and stretching—a mighty ornery lot. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Then a low-down, dirty, ornery coyote of a man, Henry Comstock by name, come amblin' along. The Boy With the U.S. Miners I honestly believe that that ornery fellow in the pilot house was crazy as a bed-bug. When the Cock Crows “Look out for that ornery critter, Miss Frances!” yelled the foreman of the Bar-T Ranch. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Mister Billings—you're Mister Billings now, and a mighty ornery Mister, too, I'm going to lay for you, and settle several little p'ints with you. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys I felt so ornery and low down and mean that I says to myself, my mind's made up; I'll hive that money for them or bust. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Oh, not like thim two ornery tramps who had these blossoms 'fore I got 'em, but like I'd love a sister, if I had one; like Father Le Claire loves me. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Don’t lie to me, you ornery little brat. Satan and the Comrades The world was made in a shorter time than it 156 takes to bungle this mean, ornery job! Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure I've knowed poor-spirited vessels, and vessels that was just ornery and mean; but 't is handsome is as handsome does with the Mary Sands. The Wooing of Calvin Parks He said if we warn't prisoners it would be a very different thing, and nobody but a mean, ornery person would steal when he warn't a prisoner. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Besides, he's too ornery to help out even his own kin. Mystery Ranch "I reckon there ain't no person ornery enough to do that." Dwellers in the Hills I earned it circumventin’ three of the most ornery card sharps in Arizona.” The Coyote A Western Story He let me into the kitchen after my coaxing for a cup of coffee––he’s an ornery, cold-blooded guy, that 308 Pardaloe. Nan of Music Mountain The more I studied about this the more my conscience went to grinding me, and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade It certainly is the home camp of some of the most ornery reptiles, that a-way! Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories “Ma’am,” he said, with great embarrassment, “I’m Snake Murphy and I was grubstakin’ that ornery coyote that Louisiana just beefed. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Darn your ornery hide, I’m holding the winning cards in this game!” he concluded excitedly. The Coyote A Western Story I felt ornery enough to go off and get horned by a steer, but I reckoned I sure had to. With Hoops of Steel I'll ride that ornery cayuse, just to show him I can. The Ranch at the Wolverine On the hocks of two drinks, 99 folks gets that ornery Enright has it freighted back to Tucson in alarm, fearin' for the peace of the camp. Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories Besides, I saw the ornery fools go off an' leave you behind, Anderson, and that made me mad. Anderson Crow, Detective Oh, the ornery pup will be back all right. Winning the Wilderness “They never get much for ’em, and new ones are so darn ornery to break in.” Shoe-Bar Stratton An’ I know that that ’ornery cousin was lookin’ for Art to murder him. Far Past the Frontier Naturally, I managed to pick the one that seemed to be the most ornery—and it proved to be true. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) This coffee makes me feel good right down to my toes, though I will say that there is a long-legged ornery creatur that kin make it even better than this. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Now, Abe never had amounted to much when I knew him; he was just a low-down, ornery cuss every way that you looked at him. Turned Adrift There weren’t no tears shed, neither, when an ornery paint horse throwed him last May an’ broke his neck.” Shoe-Bar Stratton You might of be'n ornery as hell in Texas, or New Mexico, or Colorado—an' I might of be'n a preacher in California, or Nevada. Prairie Flowers “Do?” said Jem, unrolling his bundled-up clothes, and preparing to sit down, “make myself look like an ornery Chrishtun.” The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens "Some o' them ornery yellow curs hev picked up our trail," said Shif'less Sol, "an' o' course the warriors will follow." The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Finally, the man shouted between gasps: "For heaven's sake, Bill, climb down here, and help me leggo this ornery old hog!" Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers “The low-down, ornery liar!” sputtered Bud Jessup, face flushed and eyes snapping. Shoe-Bar Stratton I wouldn't permit him to enter my house; he's so infernal ornery that his father had to drive him out. Watch Yourself Go By You see they're used to being roped, and we don't throw them as hard as it looks, onless it's an ornery critter that wants to make trouble. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys That ornery low-down pup that come and stole my dish pan must of took all my sheets too! The Sagebrusher A Story of the West With shot gun in hand, he made his way to the door, flung it open and curtly ordered: "Come out of there, you ornery thief!" Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers The very night after the ride just mentioned, the best horses in Sam Rice's team were stolen, making it necessary to substitute what Sam called "a pa'r of ornery cayuses." The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems He's not so ornery as he's cracked up to be. Watch Yourself Go By "A lawyer—but not ornery, I hope," he said pleasantly. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run Yes, we're just ornery enough to rob ourselves to spite you. The She Boss A Western Story I knew it was ornery something-or-other, and—and that makes it fit the case all the prettier, now don't it? Then I'll Come Back to You |
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