Search Details

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


Usage:

...game and Harvard leading 76-74, Holy Cross' Gordon Hamilton was fouled. Hamilton made the first of his two free throws, but missed the second. Crusader Ted Bettencourt, however, picked off the long rebound and hit a three-point shot to give Holy Cross the win and crush Harvard's upset hopes...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Cross Cans Crimson | 12/8/1993 | See Source »

...laborers too lazy. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sharply criticized his countrymen for undermining the work ethic that forged the postwar economic miracle. "We cannot organize our country like one big recreation park," he said. Although Europeans still treasure their blanket of social protection, "they now see its tendency to crush the economy," says French economics professor Jacques Bichot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to Welfare | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...officials had far more detailed knowledge than they admitted to Congress at the time about the role of right-wing military and civilian leaders in death- squad killings in El Salvador. Both Administrations worked with these leaders, some of whom are in the current governing party, in order to crush left-wing guerrillas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 7-13 | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...trying to crush her, Stewart decides. Ada has only two loves in this bleak world: her nine-year-old daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her piano. After Stewart cavalierly sells the instrument to his neighbor Baines (Keitel), Ada strikes a bargain with Baines. Under the guise of giving him lessons, she will buy the piano back from him, one black key at a time, by allowing certain sexual favors. One key is hers if she raises her skirt; two keys to let him touch her bare arm; five; 10 . . . Ada can win what she needs by meting out what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wuthering Eighty-Eights | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...Thursday, Nov. 11. Concussion Ensemble on Friday, Nov. 12. Luna on Saturday, Nov. 13. The Boo Radleys on Sunday, Nov. 14. Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Unrest on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Upstairs: 6L6 on Thursday, Nov. 11. Groove Butcher on Friday, Nov. 12. Majesty Crush on Saturday, Nov. 13. James Hall on Sunday, Nov. 14. Church of the Sub Genius on Tuesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not at Harvard | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Previous | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | Next