Search Details

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


Usage:

...what makes sense to them and let America's energy policy come from the bottom up. The government should fund basic research but not try to promote specific types of new technologies. When they are ready for commercialization, they will come to market. Our goal should be not to attain energy self-sufficiency but to avoid relying too much on any one fuel or region. As long as the government doesn't get in the way, we will be O.K. for the foreseeable future. JOHN ZIMMERMAN Hopkinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 11, 2003 | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

Peace is not hell, contrary to your cover headline. There will never be peace so long as violence is used to attain it. President Bush and the military are not after peace; they are after power and control. Peace can be obtained only by nonviolence, understanding and cooperation. Many members of the coalition forces are dying, but it is not peace that is killing them; it is violence and the Bush Administration's goals. NICK ALVA Cotati, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 4, 2003 | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

From Biarritz, it is a quick trip into the verdant Pyrenees, where one can take advantage of the region's piscatorial plenty. The Nive River in the foothills is home to Atlantic salmon, sea trout and native brown trout--all of which attain exceptional size in this region. Hubert Anglard, 55, a fly-fishing guide, says he has caught brown trout as large as 19 lbs.--but remember, this is a fisherman talking. More typically, une belle truite weighs about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Basque Fishing | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

Bajin and classmate Liz Gass were the team’s only juniors or seniors, meaning that five of the mainstays in the Crimson lineup this season could be playing for the next two years, and the team could attain an even higher level of achievement next season...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Secures Ivy Title and NCAA Sweet 16 Berth | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...quit football because I could not handle the rigid social hierarchy that came with it,” Schaffer says. “The game of football still thrilled me but those who I had to pass through in order to attain my thrill lacked a true understanding of my personality, and were incapable of coaching...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Left Hand | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

Previous | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | Next