Search Details

Word: eves (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...course, we must achieve racial justice in this country, and we will; but it is an explosive question, so let us go about it prudently.' Like most other white politicians, he underestimated the moral passion behind the movement. The protests of the Freedom Riders on the eve of his departure for the 1961 meeting with Khrushchev irritated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: J.F.K. After 20 years, the question: How good a President? | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...TENSIONS CREATED in the beginning are quite riveting, the result of some fine acting. Nicole Gallant brings a complex pathos to the role of disturbed, pitiful Monique; Elizabeth Marek is refreshingly brassy and carnivorous as the rotund Denise; and Eve Kahn, in hair curlers and a ratty blue bathrobe, makes a comic Aunt Charlotte, mugging as if she were in a French-Canadian farce...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: Comme-ci, Comme-ca | 11/9/1983 | See Source »

Handshaking, well-wishing and veiled accusations of foul play on the campaign trail dominated the council chambers at Cambridge City Hall last night, as the nine councilors met on the eve of the election that will decided the fate of their political careers for the next two years...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Councilors Question Race On Night Before Elections | 11/8/1983 | See Source »

...eve of the talks, the mood in Beirut was not so much sad as fearful. The strike at the Marine compound, like the mortal attack against the U.S. embassy last April, demonstrated that not even a superpower is safe from violence in Lebanon. A former Lebanese Cabinet official argued that such tragedies give the U.S. greater leverage in the country's affairs. "The Americans have over 200 dead. That earns you the right to speak up," he said. "The U.S. has paid the price of admission." If the ticket costs this much, Washington-and the American people-may eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aftermath in Bloody Beirut | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...pair repeats its act, a couple in bed, including the bed. A New York City family will masquerade as Britain's royal family with a horse-drawn coach. An Atlantan will make the rounds as Hitler in a vintage Mercedes-Benz. A Chicago couple undresses as Adam and Eve, with only a serpent between them. This category does not find favor with the purveyors of costumes and materials, many of whom, like the Atlanta Costume Shop, now do 25% of their annual business at Halloween. Says Chicago Costume Co. Owner Mary Hickey: "In each of the past two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Halloween as an Adult Treat | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Previous | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | Next