Search Details

Word: alabamas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...suspects, like a lot of young men, spent their weekdays working or looking for jobs, their nights chasing girls, drinking beer and raiding the fridge before bed. Weekends were reserved mostly for playing hoops. The Hollis brothers, whose father is a disabled Air Force veteran, moved to Flint from Alabama two years ago. "They aren't angels, but they are good kids," says John Hollis, 45, uncle to Adrian and Anthony. "Those other kids weren't angels either or they wouldn't have been here in Flint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TRAIN HOP TO TRAGEDY | 7/21/1997 | See Source »

...ORLEANS: As Hurricane Danny slowly makes its way towards coastal Mississippi and Alabama, inhabitants along the coast are preparing for a bumpy ride. Danny, which was upgraded today from a tropical storm to a hurricane, has already pounded Louisiana's Grand Isle with winds up to 75 mph and storm tides as high as six feet. Heavy wind damage was reported on the island, but so far, no one has been injured, local authorities said. The island's 2,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. The storm is currently located about 45 miles southeast of New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurricane Danny Moves On | 7/18/1997 | See Source »

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Armed with new information, the FBI is reopening its investigation into one of the most shocking racist incidents of the civil rights movement, the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which killed four children. "It's a crime that has gone unsolved except one local conviction and it remains a sore part of American history that we would like to heal," said Joseph Lewis, FBI special agent in charge in Birmingham. "We feel we have an opportunity to do so this time and we want to take one last shot at it." Since the 1963 attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FBI Reopening 1963 Racial Bombing Probe | 7/10/1997 | See Source »

DIED. DON HUTSON, 84, fleet-footed Green Bay Packers receiver; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The "Alabama Antelope" held the record for career touchdown receptions (99) for four decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 7, 1997 | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

Croyle played college football for Alabama's legendary Bear Bryant and told him he wanted to turn pro to raise money to help children. Bryant replied, "Don't play pro football unless you're willing to marry it." Croyle started a home for abused and abandoned children, and has helped more than 1,000 boys and girls since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 23, 1997 | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

Previous | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | Next