Word: boilings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harry's adult readers, this one included, tend to want Rowling's novels to Mean Something, and in this somewhat transitional book there are a few too many ingredients in the cauldron for it to come to a boil. But if there's an abiding preoccupation here, it's love: both requited and un-, misplaced, perverted, denied, repressed and obsessive. Rowling plays that theme as both comedy--watch for the long-suffering Ron to get dosed with a love potion--and tragedy. The story of Voldemort's early life plays as a dark parody of Harry's--Voldemort...
...uprising in the Philippines topple beleaguered President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo? No. The political configuration just isn't right. There is anger but no infectious outrage. There is serious disappointment but no viable alternative leader. There is a lot of political heat but not enough to bring things to a boil...
...imports pummeled U.S. industries at home. The trade imbalance held back the economy and raised protectionist fervor to a level not seen since the Great Depression. More than 200 anti-import bills surfaced in Congress, including measures to keep out shoes and textiles. "The protectionist pot is about to boil over," Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole proclaimed on a trip to Japan in August. "I have never seen stronger congressional sentiment for acting on the trade front...
...carefully, with periodic perfunctory raids reminding young people that they are being given freedom and shouldn't confuse it with a right or an accomplishment. But young Iranians probably can't be bought off indefinitely. The hedonism and greed of the moment mask a profound frustration that could still boil over. The question is, Will anyone notice until it does...
...recognition of the risks of rampant inactivity, this year the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which have been issued every five years since 1980, included its most explicit recommendations to date on exercise. The scientists who wrote the guidelines struggled to boil down a complex array of research findings. The results, alas, were somewhat baffling. Americans were advised to get 30 min. per day of moderate-intensity physical activity "on most days of the week," 60 min. per day if they were trying to control their weight and up to 90 min. per day to maintain weight loss. Even...