Search Details

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


Usage:

In addition to welcoming millions of immigrants arriving at neighboring Ellis Island (the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free," in the words of Emma Lazarus' poem, itself written as part of a Statue of Liberty fundraiser), the statue had a more immediately practical function: lighthouse. Considered a navigational aid to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Statue of Liberty | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

The things that writer Bret Easton Ellis is comfortable with are not the things that most people are comfortable with: hard drugs, greed, outré sexuality, pop music, homicide, the name “Christie”—the 1980s. His novels have returned to these subjects again...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Informers | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

Where does Mandela stand on Zuma? The 90-year-old has largely stayed out of day-to-day politics since his retirement after one term in office in 1997, and ill health means he routinely declines all requests for interviews or comments these days. Mandela has occasionally - and often obliquely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's Election: Why It Matters | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

SAN DIEGO In this surf mecca, the Perry Ellis Nouveau Fusion bikini ($118) is a best seller

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The A List | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

Still, Ellis and other observers argue that the fiscal-2009 budget's level of earmarking is too high and that projects such as $1.8 million for swine odor and manure management in Iowa, $190,000 for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Wyoming, $400,000 to combat bullying in Montana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obama Have a Double Standard on Earmarks? | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Next