Search Details

Word: borse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Caught off balance by mounting anger over its butterfingered handling of the affair, the government finally relented. The announcement of rationing, it said in a rare concession of fault, "testified to a lack of sufficient sensitivity to the public reception." More astonishing was what came next in the official communiqu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Dial an Unappetizing Choice | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

Terres' monumental effort will be in spiring poets, librarians, astronauts and lovers long after the work's scientific value is exhausted and serious birders have moved on with notebooks and binoculars to newer texts. The Encyclopedia is literature rather than guide. Terres' observations of our nearest wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Extended Wings | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

It seems a bit cruel to take Arthur this seriously, though she and her press agent invited it, with their constant references to the father of American wilderness writing. Island Sojourn is actually fairly well-written, a sort of Swiss Family Robinson with interpersonal relationships, recommended reading for those planning...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Paradise Misplaced | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | Next