Search Details

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


Usage:

This money amounts to no small tribute in a town where, among the population of 175,000, dwell an estimated 2,500 to 5,000 heroin addicts. The street-wise youngsters who make up The Family learned early that dope was where the action was and banded together to get a piece of it. Says one federal official: "They just got tired of the small stuff. They figured they could make more money in protection than by ripping off hubcaps." Moving in on the city's dealers led to the recent bloodbath. One dealer was found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Godfather in Gary | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...dwell on the losses for too long." DeMars said, 'There'll always be a Monday and you've got to get right back in there. It could be a whole new ball game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ted DeMars: First in Line for Harvard Football | 11/7/1972 | See Source »

...longer have to press my ear to the wire fence at the schoolyard to hear great dialogues of children who wonder, too, about Geppetto. Besides, I am at the schoolyard all day. Having tried a series of futile desk jobs, I realized I was not built to dwell in modules. The school at which I teach used to be as snobbish and phony as Pencey or Whooton. But one day they remembered where they were-93rd Street-and changed. I teach writing and history and Oral Expression, and the kids and I digress all day long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Holden Today: Still in the Rye | 2/7/1972 | See Source »

...ruined by an intruder's technology? And what of these chemicals' ability to induce birth defects even in the very low concentrations found in affected drinking water? (Refer to The Destruction of Indochina, available at the Biology Library.) But, being far from Vietnam, the young science students did not dwell long on such thoughts. Exams were coming up, and one does not get graded on concern. And besides, it was really good weather for frisbee flying...

Author: By Prentiss Taylor, | Title: Nat Sci 26: Human Values in Science Education | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

First Victims. The figures are somewhat misleading because they include the products of "real" foreign competitors like Volkswagen and Sony as well as those of U.S.-owned subsidiaries. Moreover, labor leaders do not dwell on the fact that export-related jobs in the U.S. increased by 200,000 during the same period. The trouble with most of labor's remedies is that they would penalize all foreign competitors and thus invite widespread retaliation against U.S. exporters. The employees of these export firms could well be the first victims of any trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Labor's Turnabout on Trade | 11/29/1971 | See Source »

Previous | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | Next