Word: haunt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...course, by the time Rossi is advising Paul’s dissertation in the 1950s, even Harvard Yard—the haunt of graduate students identifiable by their “barely veiled fatigue” and guileless undergraduates “attending some kind of study group, comparing notes sotto voce”—has become unsafe for Rossi...
...This leaves us wondering why this myth constantly gets recycled. Myths take on a life of their own when they express a deep fear. As long as we hang on to that fear, the myth will haunt us. In this case, we fear our children won't have anything like the nice life we have. Parents worry that their best efforts for their children might not be enough. Despite all those rides to soccer practice, and all those nights checking homework, and all that money spent on college, the real world is simply too competitive and too expensive...
...Cover: The Ghosts Of Haditha What happened one November morning in a dusty Iraqi town threatens to become one of the war's major debacles, an alleged atrocity committed by a small group of Marines that promises to haunt the hearts and minds of liberator and liberated alike
...most serious newshounds among us, however, need a break from this sort of coverage, as it is capable of wearing down nerves and producing a real urge to kill more rapidly than a Fergie song. And since “London Bridge” will likely continue to haunt student playlists, I would like to draw people’s attention to a local situation that is ruining the environment, breeding enmity amongst students, and destroying what remains of Harvard’s social capital...
...members of Saddam's Ba'ath party. "In Saddam's day, you had to be a member of the party if you wanted to be a teacher," al-Rawi told me. "Most of us were members only in name, not by conviction - but now it's come back to haunt us. Any day now, I expect them to come...