Search Details

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


Usage:

...excelled at passionate rhetoric, just like that provided by the earl in his unforgettable eulogy at the funeral of his sister Diana. The Tudors too were embroiled in endless marital controversies, though Spencer cannot end his with the finality available to Henry VIII--the thud of the headsman's ax. Still, one may wonder if Spencer was trying to display a similarly majestic, if less fatal, gesture--whether his righteous bombast against the media, delivered ostensibly to deify his sister, was not a self-interested attempt to raise himself above the prying eyes of the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR OF THE SPENCERS | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...Highland Avenue resident reported that she was told that an ex-boyfriend of hers stated that he was fantasizing about killing her and another ex-girlfriend with an ax...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Log of Police Activity | 11/12/1997 | See Source »

...Disney's fare for kids, the world is usually a bright, cheery place. So the firm's latest CD-ROM is a departure, bristling with nightmares such as dentists' chairs and graveyards. But it has (no surprise) a happy ending. Also, no scenes involve Mickey, Goofy and an ax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Oct. 20, 1997 | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...grade class 10 students larger than the state average. Said P.S. 41 father Fred Moshary: "Parents anywhere would have done the same thing." Those words were prophetic. At week's end, parents of second-graders in nearby Queens had raised $20,000 toward saving a teacher from the budget ax. They vowed not to rest until they succeeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLASS-SIZE WARFARE | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Playing advice Computer opens clues Ax opens opponents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Sep. 29, 1997 | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

Previous | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | Next