Search Details

Word: jarringly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Circole Haliano and the French Club are prosecuting a twin bill at Agassiz on Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13. "La Giava," or "The Jar" is being presented by the Italian society. It concerns a hunchback, who, in repairing a landlord's jar gets caught inside the jar. Jean-Pierre Barrleclli '51 will direct...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Everyone Tries to Get into the Act' | 3/9/1948 | See Source »

...Miville-Dechêne's kitchen that little Gilles; 10, and Marcel, 9, could scarcely believe their eyes. There were two turkeys, a whole pig's head, great pieces of pork and ham and veal, a beef tongue, fruits, nuts, candy, piles of vegetables and a big jar of olives. Because Mme. Miville-Dechêne had done her shopping in snow-mantled Quebec City on Saturday, she had five days to get ready for la fête de Noël-first the big réveillon feast that would follow midnight Mass, and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: La Fete de Noel | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Perhaps the least spurious and most difficult maneuver is the Oklahoma ride. After the game is over the player rocks the machine skillfully, just strongly enough to jar any loose buttons on the playing surface and weakly enough to keep the tilt from hitting. Result, free games. Of course there are other methods of outwitting pinball machines, but proprietors haven't discovered them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brute Force Replacing Skill As Pinball Becomes Lost Art | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

...from the famed tank-gun stabilizer that he developed during the war. The stabilizer made it possible to fire a gun accurately from a speeding tank. Looking around for a peacetime use for his device, Hanna finally tinkered together a contraption with an extraordinary capacity for detecting the slightest jar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Easy on the Curves | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...Amber is allowed only four of her numerous lovers. What's more, she gets an even crueler comeuppance, without (as far as the camera can see) having much fun earning it. During the 140 minutes of the movie the famous hussy is never even kissed hard enough to jar an eyelash loose; and it comes as a mild shock when she suddenly announces her pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Previous | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | Next