Search Details

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


Usage:

...advocate for his foreign policy, whose lack of strategic vision matters less to him than her muscular instincts and ability to talk like the popular professor she once was. When he was trying to make up his mind whom to choose, he kept recalling a conversation with Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, who lobbied hard for Albright. A lot of diplomats may grasp the complexities of Bosnia, she told the President, but only Albright could explain why we were there in a way that Mikulski's late mother the grocer could understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOICE OF AMERICA | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

What issue could bring eight of the biggest-selling female writers in the U.S. together under one roof? What subject is so vital that BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD and TAMA JANOWITZ both want to hold forth on it? The future of Diana, Princess of Wales, naturally. Romance Classics, a new TV channel, gathered (clockwise from top left) JACKIE COLLINS, Bradford, ERICA JONG, JOAN RIVERS, NANCY FRIDAY, Janowitz, OLIVIA GOLDSMITH and RONA JAFFE to plot a sequel to the sensational epic that has been Diana's first marriage. Suggestions included Diana's having her own talk show ("A listening show," said Goldsmith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 16, 1996 | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

Outside of scientific circles, basic research is oftentimes unheard of and considered "curiosity-driven activities,"as Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) put it. That phrase evokes images of mad scientists pouring together chemicals and creating technological break-throughs such as flubber (flying rubber), as in the 1961 movie "The Absent-Minded Professor." What the phrase ignores is that basic research provides much of the knowledge for cures today. In the very same section of Time that depreciates basic research, the Telomere theory is described, a new theory of aging. This theory suggests that aging is a result of the progressive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The War Against Cancer | 12/14/1996 | See Source »

...little space, a little time and a little fun add up to make "Soup of the Day" a harmless, lightly amusing student production. A one-act play written and directed by Barbara M. Matteau, a masters candidate in Theater-Arts, "Soup" examines life's choices and familiar parent-child conflicts that can reveal them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matteau Dishes Up 'Soup' for All | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

Assistant Administrative Director of the Museum Barbara Weinberg and a companion who refused to identify herself were sitting in the car when the fire began...

Author: By Alex Carter, | Title: Fire Ravages Auto Outside Museum | 12/7/1996 | See Source »

Previous | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | Next