Word: heaps
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...does it happen that a British group unknown in America skyrockets to the top of the heap? 15 Minutes has conducted a musicological/social-scientific/sexually-oriented analysis of the success of the song. Here are the results...
With one politically correct assertion, she chucked the struggle of my life into the garbage heap of politically incorrect generalizations...
Perhaps the most compelling symbol of Camden's role as trash heap is the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, which processes 55 million gallons of raw sewage each day. Camden's suburbs used to treat their own sewage, but several years ago they began shutting down their 46 treatment plants and pumping all the waste into Camden instead. Says William Tucker, a professor of psychology at Rutgers who has lived in Camden for 20 years: "The stink is enough to kill...
...history's most painful paradoxes, U.S. consumers seem suddenly disillusioned with the American Dream of rising prosperity even as capitalism and democracy have consigned the Soviet Union to history's trash heap. "I'm worried if my kids can earn a decent living and buy a house," says Tony Lentini, vice president of public affairs for Mitchell Energy in Houston. "I wonder if this will be the first generation that didn't do better than their parents. There's a genuine feeling that the country has gotten way off track, and neither political party has any answers. Americans...
...STEVE COURSON STORY by Steve Courson and Lee R. Schreiber (Longmeadow Press; $19.95). The former Steelers offensive lineman teams up with a brilliant rookie biographer for an expose of the unforgiving world of professional football and the body-bulking steroids that helped Courson get to the top of the heap before side effects left him in desperate need of a heart transplant...