Search Details

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


Usage:

Neal pounced on the chance to fill this seat when 36-year incumbent Edward Boland retired in 1988. Eight years later, with a Capitol Hill reputation for working effectively behind the scenes, he sits on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He voted for medical leave and the line-item veto but, to protect his district's medical-service industries, balked at the President's 1993 health-care plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MASSACHUSETTS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Harvard (2-3, 0-2 Ivy) staved off two furious Crusader rallies and sealed a 28-25 victory. Sophomore safety Derek Yankoff ended Holy Cross's hopes of a comeback with his second interception of quarterback Dan Boland with fewer than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cross Can't Catch Gridders | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

Holy Cross did not give in, however, and stormed back in the second and fourth quarters, when it had the wind at its back. The Crusaders scored immediately after Hu's second touchdown when Boland's pass, intended for tight end Bobby Andrews, was tipped and ended up in the hands of wide receiver Brian Hopkins...

Author: By Bryan Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cross Can't Catch Gridders | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...that the history most pointedly informing Michael Collins is not that of tragic Ireland but of lightsome Hollywood, making sure that past and principles don't weigh too heavily on a biopic's audience. You can see this in the bantering palship of Collins and his faithful sidekick Harry Boland (Aidan Quinn), and in the largely antic rivalry that develops between them over the affections of pert Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts). It's even there in the characterization of Eamon de Valera, President of the nascent Irish Republic. He's wonderfully played by Alan Rickman as a deeply devious neurasthenic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MICHAEL COLLINS: WANT A REVOLUTION? | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...they choose, disregard prior convictions. If judges were not allowed to do likewise, the balance of power among the legislative, executive and judicial branches would be skewed. "The legal system has long recognized that rigid application of the law can produce injustice," said Paul Boland, president of the California Judges Association, applauding the ruling. Many of the 18,000 prisoners convicted under the law may now appeal their sentences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THREE STRIKES ARE OUT | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Next