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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...faces in the crowd. It seemed that no one's anonymity was safe from Clinton's all-encompassing agenda. Most people thrust into the spotlight didn't know how to handle their fifteen seconds, with the exception of Sosa, who blew kisses to the crowd and nearly broke into a home run trot around the House Chamber. All other honorees took Madonna's advice and struck a pose, or at least stuck to one. The Desert Fox serviceperson looked like he had recently taken a double dose of Prozac. As for Dan Glickman, well, you can't blame a Secretary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State of the Union, Undressed | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

...every budding politician in Arkansas." He recited constitutional history and discussed patriotism, and at one point almost began to cry. He talked about the "human element" in the case against Bill Clinton, and that was what Bumpers himself brought to the Senate floor. Though few of his legal arguments broke new ground in this trial, his persona hit oratorical and emotional pay dirt -- here was an impassioned defender of Bill Clinton that this jury could trust. And be impressed by. "Some of you hate Bill Clinton," Bumpers intoned. "Rise above it... Don't leave a precedent from which we will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House Closes on a High Note | 1/21/1999 | See Source »

...They broke up in a concert of chuckles. It may be the last good laugh anyone has for a long time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Order In The Court | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...Jesse was a brawling-type, punch-and-kick kind of guy, and he had this big flying elbow drop," says wrestler Lawler, the man who nearly broke comedian Andy Kaufman's neck with a pile driver. Now that politics and pro wrestling have melded, Lawler is contemplating a run for mayor of Memphis, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready To Rumble | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...suspense is finally over. Michael Jordan has retired, probably for good this time. The greatest basketball player ever, and allegedly the one irreplaceable star in the National Basketball Association, has left the game. But no one is irreplaceable. News of Jordan's retirement broke the same day that baseballs hit by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were auctioned off for far more than balls hit by all-time home run king Hank Aaron and former single season home-run leaders Roger Maris and Babe Ruth. This is a vast and rich nation full of talented people in all fields...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: The Replaceable President | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

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