Word: faintness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Marxist who tried to introduce radical reform, Allende died, reputedly a suicide, as troops stormed the presidential palace during a 1973 coup that led to 16 years of military rule. Current President Patricio Aylwin, who supported Allende's ouster but quickly tired of rule by the generals, was faint in his praise of Allende. But he added, "The pain of the drama that Chile lived through has taught us that these circumstances should never be repeated...
Indeed, if even the more casual socials set graduate students to worrying, some of the more traditional departments really scare the faint of heart...
Five men kneel motionless in the windowless cell as they await inspection by the guards. Only a faint light glows from the single electric bulb hanging in the corridor. Thin rubber mattresses with small gray blankets cover the 10-ft. by 13-ft. concrete floor, and the air reeks of sweat. There are no personal effects, no furniture, only a small jar of water and a big plastic can that alternates as a toilet and a washbasin...
...heart of its optics had been incorrectly manufactured served mainly to focus attention on the limits of high technology. The immediate result is that for all Hubble's tremendous cost, two of its most heralded advantages -- the ability to distinguish very close objects and the knack for detecting faint light from the early universe -- are lost. Said John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University: "It's horrible...
...come to rest squarely on Mandela's shoulders. He embarked on his journey only a week after removal of a cyst from his bladder, and in recent years he has also had tuberculosis and prostate surgery. There were reports -- promptly denied by A.N.C. spokesmen and Mandela -- that he felt faint last week in Geneva and had to cancel a meeting. Out of concern for his health, planners in the U.S. tried to schedule free time between large events so Mandela would be able to rest. But Mandela does not have to try to do everything on this trip. Demand...