Word: aversion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
“I’m talking to you, Harvard Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons. Would it hurt, really, to give Joey’s application a second look? Just asking.” These words, uttered by Bob Costas as the Olympics came to a close, epitomize the...
Amidst complaining how “Tierney seems to long for the day when American history courses line up in the catalog in neatly marked packages,” Ulrich also related an anecdote about students visiting from Beijing University. They had a solid command of hard facts, but did...
Once the fourth round got under way, it quickly became apparent that Pyongyang's position had not changed. Denuclearization, in any normal meaning of the term, was not going to be on the agenda. Never mind the secret uranium program that Pyongyang still publicly avers is nonexistent. North Korea says...
That selective amnesia requires an effort of will by the women directors, and of good will by the male bosses who employ them. "I never look at gender or hair color or clothing," avers Steven Spielberg, who chose women to direct three of the 24 episodes for his Amazing Stories...
Brian Stokes Mitchell hasn?t got this message. The Broadway leading man is making his cabaret debut at Feinstein?s at the Regency (a night club in one of Manhattan?s swanker hotels), and, the poor sap, he wants to please us. His show, a three-week tribute to Valentine...