The old man chuckled again as he picked his way to the porch and lowered his long body into his favorite rocker.

The shady hangout is furnished with items salvaged over the years, such as picnic tables covered with old carpeting and swivel chairs, whose vinyl cushions are cracked and split but are as comfortable as a favorite rocker.

Looked almost like Grandma's favorite rocker except for the face mask and electrodes.

He halted, hauled in the tongue, let it out again, then lowered his hind quarters gingerly, like an old lady settling into her favorite rocker.

I still remember walking into our living room once when I was twelve or so and seeing my mother in her favorite rocker, peeking at the end of an Agatha Christie paperback while her finger held her actual place around page 50.

It includes a sampling of Moses-endorsed products - dishes, fabrics, cards - along with personal relics like her paintbrushes and favorite rocker, to suggest how an art legend was mined for commercial gold.

She sat in her favorite rocker in unusual idleness.

Kiss, once scorned as corporate-rock incarnate, remains cool, as do the Carpenters, Richard Nixon's favorite rockers.

He discovered Roosevelt already outside, seated in his favorite rocker, reading a letter.

Mr. Gentile was not there to catch a glimpse of his favorite rocker or to meditate on music.