Word: insofar
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reasons for football's decline can be found in the most basic tenets of capitalism--which the tycoons who run the league don't seem to believe in insofar as football is concerned. The strike itself centered on the owner's refusal to grant the players even a limited right to free agency, a right most Americans can take for granted. More subtly, there is very little market incentive for NFL teams to put winning squads on the field. The resulting stifling of player movement has led to a pronounced parity among the league's teams...
...unlike Tunnel of Love, Reed's album was no masterpiece, except insofar as it represented a turning point for him artistically, from heroin addict to happy husband. (Go figure). But to its credit, Legendary Hearts was way ahead of its time, before the New Romance of late. Perhaps that's why it didn't sell well while Springsteen's album is destined for multi-platinum. One of the primary differences between Reed and Springsteen--besides everything--is the former's ability to be unfashionably early while Bruce is always perfectly punctual. Reed may have his finger on the trigger...
Pulitzer-Prizewinning Historian Michael Kammen (Children of Paradox) at the University of Louisville: You must keep in mind that the meaning of personal liberty has altered repeatedly over time, in part because the concept is not explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Insofar as it has variously meant liberty of conscience, opposition to chattel slavery, freedom from physical restraint, freedom of political association, freedom from surveillance where no threat to the state is involved, and a right to privacy that includes control over one's body, it has drawn upon both of the great traditions of liberty in the history...
...very satisfied with it insofar as itincorporates everything we thought we could get,"said Eisert, who next week will run forreelection as chairman of the UndergraduateCouncil...
...letter to Woodlock a week ago, Ryan saidBusiness School staff had undertaken "anexhaustive search in an attempt to reconstruct themissing files insofar as possible." In courtyesterday, he told the judge that Harvard would beable to recreate "the essence" of the originaldocuments...