Word: dwell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...however, let's dwell on those fun and carefree days of childhood when everything went right for Martin's teams...
...your story "First Last, but Maybe Not Always" [Jan. 11], it was not necessary to dwell so extensively on the fact that Clemson is under investigation for recruiting violations. The article should have emphasized that an able coach and a dedicated football team made it to the No. 1 spot in the nation. Clemson had a great season, and the school deserves to be allowed to enjoy its No. 1 spot...
...reduce benefits for the poor within a few short years [by 1987]. Besides, though, only a dozen or so states currently have the bureaucratic know-how necessary to handle large, basic-income programs, the grass roots would never fall prey to the temptations of corruption. And those who dwell amid the debris and detritus of our modern cities will gladly shoulder the extra tax burden without fleeing for the suburbs...
Oddly enough, liberal columnists are the ones who dwell most on Reagan's likability, as if still in need of an explanation as to how he stole away their constituency. As Mary McGrory put it, "Everyone knows the phenomenon: the newly jobless auto worker who still wants to 'give Reagan a chance'; the bus driver who is hit by the cutback in school lunch programs but who admires Reagan's stance against the Communists." Furthermore, she laments, "during his long march to the White House, Reagan, the hip-shooter, was often called to account...
...proved in films like Klute and All the President's Men, Pakula is a true stylist, a man who sees the world through a slow-panning lens darkly. For him, the corridors of power are menacingly dim and hushed, and by forcing the audience to dwell on his paranoid vision of that maze, the director commands a certain sober respect...