Word: expressions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said nothing. Because she was afraid to tell the teacher about the error, she suffered for months as she tried to keep up with the class. Indeed, the view of Asian Americans as passive and obedient is a stereotype that teachers tend to reinforce by not urging students to express themselves, says Hunter College's Hune...
Gandhi is accused of being petulant, indecisive and dissembling. His response to criticism has been to hint that foreign powers are plotting to "destabilize" the country. Says Indian Express Editor Arun Shourie, one of Gandhi's harshest critics: "He is not a deep person. He says what he thinks will please you." Political insiders in New Delhi have taken to calling Gandhi...
...extravagant. They raised three children: John Dukakis, 29, Kitty's son from her first marriage; Andrea, 21, who just graduated from Princeton; and Kara. John, now running the Dukakis campaign in the South, sees a gradual softening in his father's demeanor: "My mother has really helped him to express that it's not an invasion of privacy to show people that he cares for them...
...Senators found occasion last week to vent their anger about the situation during confirmation hearings for T. Allan McArtor, President Reagan's nominee to be the new head of the FAA, replacing Donald Engen, who left office July 2. McArtor, 45, a senior vice president of Federal Express who flew combat missions in Viet Nam and did a stint with the Air Force's Thunderbirds precision-flying team, is expected to win easy confirmation. The Senators, however, put McArtor on notice. "You have got a crisis on your hands," declared Ernest Hollings, the South Carolina Democrat. Warned Ted Stevens...
...tabloids, however, toasted Diana's birthday in a very different way. WHAT HAPPENS IF CHARLES AND DI DIVORCE? bannered the sensationalist Sun across a two-page spread. "It's unthinkable," noted the paper in considerably smaller type. "But anything goes with the royals these days." Declared the rival Daily Express: "She's 26 today, far from shy and surrounded by Hip Hoorays who dance and joke with her till dawn...