Word: crackly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this flim-Fleming produces some funny lines. "Come along, Julian," the master criminal's mistress murmurs comfortingly when she finds the vile fellow sulking over an unsuccessful assassination. "Maybe we can find somebody to run over on the way home." The wackiest crack, however, is delivered by the beastly bodyguard. When somebody protests that it isn't nice to "kill a perfect stranger," the brute tolerantly replies: "Nobody's poifick...
...pressure during the days of the "Sex Scandal" in the fall of 1962, Harvard is tougher on infractions of the parietal rules than in any other area. John C. Morris, a member of the Board and professor of Sanitary Chemistry, said that the Faculty once asked the Board to crack down on parietal violations. One Senior Tutor who serves on the Board said that "the ante is too high in parietal cases when they are brought before the Board." As a result, he continued, sometimes the case of a senior will be handled by the House in order to prevent...
...degree to which the foundations of buildings have been weakened by the flood is not yet apparent nor will the damage to paintings and frescoes incurred by the change in humidity be known for many years. In addition, all wood panels, furniture, sculpture, and intarisa may swell unevenly and crack as a result of the saturated atmosphere or partial immersion. A piece which was touched only at the bottom by the moisture may split all the way to the top as a result of this uneven swelling, and much of the paint might chip off. Cheese cloth and rice paper...
...victory could also dampen a potentially explosive split among Virginia's Democrats. His candidacy against Robertson in the Primary was closely watched by the "extreme" liberal wing of the Party. Should he have failed, strident anti-Machine candidates would have been in a much stronger position to demand a crack at statewide offices in 1969. If this polarization ever occurs, it will seriously impair Democratic chances in Virginia for many years to come...
...said that faculty members are very much interested in trying to be good teachers. "Everyone on this faculty wants a crack at you," he said...