Word: endlessly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...catalyst for change. As recent Stones records have shown, the more closely music mimics the whims of the record-buying public, the greater the chance that the music will be successful. Rock is a commodity, just like movies, books, TV, or even religion--it is one in an endless number of options in society glutted with entertainment...
...master of the purposeful anecdote, the graceful accretion of detail that helps explain motive and madness, Troyat finds the key to Ivan's character in the ruler's early life. The heir to the throne of Muscovy was orphaned at seven, and he grew up amid endless scheming by Russia's landed aristocracy, the boyars. "Observing the brutal treatment that grown men inflicted on their fellows, he made ready to imitate them by tormenting animals," writes Troyat. "Standing on the ramparts of the Kremlin fortress, he would whirl young dogs above his head and hurl them down...
...also a disaster." In fact, it can do serious harm. The acute pain that follows surgery can, for example, sometimes interfere with a patient's ability to breathe, as well as contribute to nausea and add to the strain on the heart. Chronic pain often leads to an endless cycle of anxiety, depression, loss of appetite, profound fatigue and sleeplessness, all of which make the pain seem worse. Says Neurologist Kathleen Foley, president of the American Pain Society: "Chronic pain destroys lives...
...into any social or moral perspective. Like Sergeant Joe Friday, Woodward goes for just the facts, and they do not take him very far or deep. Since many of the facts are known from the headlines anyway, Woodward must resort to details. In large part, this means recounting endless rounds of drug blowouts, frazzled work sessions and show-biz parties. There are occasional testimonials to Belushi's sweetness (he and his wife make love on a Martha's Vineyard cliff; he buys his father a ranch in California and settles some family debts), but the book is swamped...
...behind Hollis and Harvard Hall-and in part because of the temperament of the occupants. Lionel residents spent almost all of their time together. They are almost every dinner together in the smoking room of the Union, had Friday happy hours and Saturday Night Live parties, and a seemingly endless stream of group activities...