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Frustrated with their intransigence, Clinton finally pulled out a trump card: a badly weakened King Hussein of Jordan, in the U.S. for treatment of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Gaunt and hairless, the King lectured the leaders and their aides. "You can't afford for this to fail," he said. "You owe this to your people, to your children, to future generations." For an hour afterward, his eloquence lifted the mood. When it waned, Clinton tried his own stagecraft. Patient and receptive so far, the President stormed out of the room just after midnight, looking at no one. "That was a powerful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Wye Plantation | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...classmates proved to be sub-par stylists, and a barber near Harry's boarding school was called upon to salvage the operation, relieving the Prince of his remaining mane. When the Mirror learned of the botched job, it ran a computer-generated picture of what Harry might look like hairless. Objecting to an "intrusion" into his sons' lives, Charles expressed his intention to appeal to the Press Complaints Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...damn good. But I hadn't seen him in person, so this was like buying on the Home Shopping Network." Baffert's offer of $85,000 was accepted, and Silver Charm was his. The horse had been overlooked for a number of reasons. He was literally an ugly yearling, hairless because of mange. His breeding wasn't very special. But lurking in his pedigree was his dam's sire, Poker, who was also the maternal grandfather of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HI HO SILVER CHARM | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...been Jesus, Elijah and Moses in his former lives. The spacecraft is imminently expected. It will carry believers to an enigmatic "garden" where they will get "energy" from their coequal, the King of Kings, alias Chief of Chiefs, the god who created Planet Earth. Believers will live eternally in hairless, toothless bodies that are free of disease and decay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH BO AND PEEP, A CHORE EVERY 12 BEEPS | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...Eastern Regionals) left to face Virginia, Villanova and Florida State last weekend it knew that this was going to be an important weekend. Harvard, ranked No. 17 in the nation before the meet, knew that the showdown with fellow nationally ranked Florida State would be important, but a hairless Crimson squad was ready...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Swimming Whips Three | 12/11/1996 | See Source »

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