Search Details

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


Usage:

...concept is simple enough: the beautiful, wealthy owner of the lowly Cleveland Indians (Margaret Whitton) decides to move the club to the more profitable environment of Miami. In order to prevent resistance to the move, she orders her minions to gather a team so bad that it is guaranteed to land in last place...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Taking a Swing at the Movies | 4/29/1989 | See Source »

...practiced for that since we've been having trouble with it [the zone]," McAnaney continued. "We sent multiple cutters to clear up the space, definitely tried a new concept...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Laxwomen Crush Cornell, 8-2 | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...proposed jet, an advanced version of the F-16, into a powerful symbol of the rising tensions between two countries that are close military and diplomatic allies but also archrivals for the economic leadership of the world. "What we're seeing is the emergence of an entirely new concept of national security," says Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "It embraces economics and competitive, commercial relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friend Or Foe? | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...wheeled in on special occasions, biographer Frank Brady reveals Welles as a thin man in which there was always a fat man trying to get out. Even as a tall, trim youth, Welles had gargantuan intellectual and physical appetites. It was not enough that he had prematurely grasped the concept that art was essentially an illusion, a magic show. He insisted on making his tricks as obvious as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Getting to The False Bottom | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...beat Yale and UMass convincingly, it's possible, but it's unlikely," Anderson said. "But that's not our only meaningful goal. Just to bounce back and play hard and show we're a good team would mean more than the concept of making or not making the playoffs." Brown 2-4-2-1--9 Harvard...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Bruins Aggravate Laxmen's Troubles, 9-7 | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Next