Word: fallen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...late February, prior to the ECAC playoffs, the Harvard men’s hockey team appeared to be finished. At a desperate point in its season, stuck in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the Crimson had long since fallen from atop the ECAC standings and was in danger of dropping out of the playoffs entirely. But the next night, the Crimson’s season turned around...
...second varsity and varsity four struggled to regain their past glory. By Eastern Sprints, the two boats had fallen to No. 7 in the Eastern rankings...
...send someone a short, cheery message. It is perfect for the late-night rhythm of a college campus, and useful for group discussions. But it also has severe limitations. During one exam period, it seductively allowed me to be a lazy reporter. At other times, I’ve fallen into the trap of using e-mail as a distanced way of expressing very difficult, and serious, things to say. Most importantly, it has fallen short thus far in my attempts to keep up relationships with far-off friends. One of my best friends, a recent graduate of Columbia, will...
...soured. Tensions between Dostum and his northern rival--who also now prefers to be seen in elegantly tailored business suits--have centered on control of Mazar. Capital of the north and key to the area's agricultural, oil and gas wealth, the city once dominated by Dostum has fallen increasingly under Jamiat's sway. Failure to control Mazar has dented Dostum both politically and economically...
...Isolated from the rest of Russia, the people of Sakhalin have long made due with a pragmatic ingenuity. At the often snowbound Sakhalin airport a truck equipped with a surplus military jet engine aimed toward the ground clears ice from the runway, the heat and flames quickly vaporizing the fallen snow. The city bus system is made up of discarded Japanese vehicles shipped annually to Russia. Shot glasses for vodka in bars by night double as measuring cups for sunflower seeds in markets...