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...cuts, and much of the attrition came among managers in the field. Parks says supervisors often didn't see--or worse, ignored--"red flags" that something was wrong. Perez has charged that a key reason for the misconduct he observed and participated in was that officers were "trying to impress supervisors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: Gangsta Cops | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...signs of giving up, though. Spelunking is how he relaxes; it's a part of his mystique. "It adds to his personality," says Kristin R. Hoelting '03. "In fact, it's a mysterious, alluring part of his personality." Indeed, although Spyder says he doesn't do this to impress girls, urban spelunking is a definitive part of his being an immensely handsome young bachelor. Girls can't help but notice that "he's attractive," as one admirer states...

Author: By Kenyon S. Weaver, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Climb Every Mountain, and More: Spiderman Survives in the City | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...game is not just for the standings. Should Harvard fail to win either the regular-season or conference championship, it will need a good record against top competition to impress the selection committee and get an at-large bid. The Wildcats are the last ranked team the Crimson will face in before the playoffs start...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playoff Positioning Begins for W. Hockey Against UNH | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...bored. The novelty of seeing live body-slams soon wore off, and somehow the headlocks just weren't as dramatic without WWF's in-your-face camera close-ups. Indoor fireworks always impress me, and the ones at Smackdown! were no exception; but this time only because I was wondering how on earth WWF regularly gets fire permits in such a large number of cities across the nation. Who with even a drop of sanity would trust someone named "Degeneration X" with large quantities of explosives...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is the WWF Spectacular Theater or Total Trash? A WWF Newbie's Account | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

...Here and there, privates (myself among them, proud to say) are doing voluntary PT in the evenings, trying to impress the commanders at the next stop in their training. (Everyone else swears they'll start hitting the sweats any day now). As a company, we tear through the "confidence course" - walls, towers, rope climbing, etc. - with reasonable gusto. After all, we have only two weeks left, half of that reserved for the equipment-cleaning and paperwork of "out-processing," and there is only one real ordeal - three days' camping in the field - between us and the Exit sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preparing to Get the Boot From Boot Camp | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

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