Search Details

Word: cranes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Ahead, a huge gray crane, disturbed by the Peckinpaugh's passing, rises from the surface and flies majestically away, its wings beating as if in slow motion. Ducks, more used to the Peckinpaugh's passage, edge toward the banks, quacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Lone Voyager | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...with a teen-age House page. Instead of ducking the problem, Studds turned it into a gay-rights issue. Even though his district, which includes Cape Cod and several fishing ports, is heavily Republican, Studds defeated Lewis Crampton, 45, a moderate who distanced himself from Reagan. Illinois Republican Daniel Crane, 48, who was censured for being ultimate with a 17-year-old female page, could not withstand the challenge of Democratic State Senator Terry Bruce, 40. Crane, a handsome father of six, had served three terms in the House. On the stump, Bruce avoided moral judgments on Crane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '84: The House: A Silver Lining For the Democrats - Sort Of | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...costliest mistake came midway through the first period, when the Big Green's top scoring threat--Sally Crane--beat Harvard's last line of defense and unleashed a rocket at Crimson freshman goalie Kristen Abely...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Stickwomen's Ivy Hopes Dashed | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

With just over 20 minutes to play in the first half, the host caught the Cantab defense creeping too far forward, and Sally Crane, the Big Green's leading scorer, quickly fired a missile past Harvard's freshman goalie Kristen Abely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Rises, Field Hockey Falls Against Green | 10/20/1984 | See Source »

...Building goalposts "like Fort Knox," with materials strong enough to support as many people as could climb on them, Fiering said. However, using goalposts that strong "would mean bringing in a crane every time a goalpost was to be moved or altered," Fiering added...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Administrators Debate Goalpost Policy | 10/4/1984 | See Source »

Previous | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | Next