Word: binds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...premise of "Trial by Jury" is short and sweet. A jilted lover hauls her slimy sweetheart into court for breech of promise. The prosecution panders to judge and jury, the defendant dances out of a bind, everyone sings about a wedding and the curtain calls begin...
This warm embrace by educators has left some scientists in a bind. On one hand, says Yale psychologist Salovey, "I love the idea that we want to teach people a richer understanding of their emotional life, to help them achieve their goals." But, he adds, "what I would oppose is training conformity to social expectations." The danger is that any campaign to hone emotional skills in children will end up teaching that there is a "right" emotional response for any given situation--laugh at parades, cry at funerals, sit still at church. "You can teach self-control," says Dr. Alvin...
With an important message to send, Abdur-Rahman Syed '99 found himself in a bind: "I can't get back to [my friend] because the e-mail isn't working, and I don't have his phone number...
Assistant Dean of Students Sarah E. Flatley said she hoped the service gave the Harvard community "something to help bind the wounds...
Saying the time had come to "bind up our own wounds," President Clinton extended full diplomatic relations to Vietnam on the unanimous recommendation of his top advisers and with the backing of key legislators, including Republican Senator John McCain, a Vietnam War veteran and former POW. Normalization, said Clinton, would further U.S. diplomatic and economic interests and facilitate an accounting of Americans still missing in action. The American Legion, mia groups and many Republicans, among them Senate majority leader Bob Dole, protested...