Search Details

Word: 20s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Today: sunny, breezy and cold, highs in the mid 30s. Wind northwest 15 to 25 mph. Tonight and tomorrow: partly cloudy, lows in the mid 20s, high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WEATHER | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...attended U.S. universities. "On the one hand, they represent a sizable block that is just beginning to come into power," explains the diplomat. "But on the other hand, they still account for only 1% of the population." At the same time, Western analysts warn that many people in their 20s and early 30s who have been educated at Saudi universities are more religiously conservative than their Western-schooled elders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia Life in the Slow Lane | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

Tonight: clear and cold, low in the lower 30s in the city, 20s in the suburbs. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow: mostly sunny, high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WEATHER | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

...drumming session in the municipal-arts center of a Boston suburb, about 50 men sit in a huge circle beating on everything from tom-toms to cowbells and sticks. Their ages range from the 20s to the 60s. A participant has brought his young son with him. Drummers nod as newcomers appear, sit down and start pounding away. Before long, a strong primal beat emerges that somehow transcends the weirdness of it all. Some men close their eyes and play in a trance. Others rise and dance around the middle of the group, chanting as they move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay What Do Men Really Want? | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

There is, however, one big exception to the camaraderie in women's prisons: older inmates cannot abide the "crack kids," brassy, street-smart young women in their late teens and early 20s. Dolores Barnes, 52, a three-time inmate in New Jersey's Clinton prison, launches into a classic what's-the-matter-with-kids-today tirade: "They can't cook, clean, wash clothes or take care of themselves. They have no respect for their elders and no obligation to their kids." These "animalescents," as other prisoners sometimes call them, often squabble among themselves. "There are a lot of fights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The View from Behind Bars | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

Previous | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | Next