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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response, the Crimson has had to step it up a notch, relying on its depth to make up for the loss of Wang and its lack of upperclassmen...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women Win Home Opener | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...response, the Crimson has had to step it up a notch, relying on its depth to make up for the loss of Wang and its lack of upperclassmen...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Win Home Opener | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...White's column "The Other N Word" [DIVIDING LINE, Feb. 8] described an incident in which David Howard, a white man employed as an ombudsman by the Washington mayor, used the word niggardly in a budget discussion with a black staff member. Although intellectually defensible, Howard displayed a lack of sensitivity. How might a gay person react if, in planning a bonfire for some civic event, a straight person suggested "piling a few fagots on the fire" to get it going? Let's not confuse intelligence with wisdom. RANDY FISCHBACK Walnut Creek, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 1, 1999 | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...graze of a shoulder sent shivers. Delicious! But now women are encouraged to be like men, and what a mess it is. The refined has been replaced by the vulgar, and sex has become just the thing you do on the third date. Is it surprising that girls lack self-esteem, that sexual harassment abounds, that men act like boys and women ultimately sit home alone? If only we could go back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modestly Provocative | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...show would never lack for topics. My holiday special would focus on how to keep well-meaning guests out of the kitchen: "More wine, Aunt Hattie?" In "Refrigerator Roulette," I'd try to figure out which leftovers are still safe to eat. Smell along at home! I can picture a stream of cameos in which I bring celebrity chefs resoundingly down to earth. I'd make Emeril Lagasse do the dishes. (What happens to the ones he dirties so exuberantly in the studio? Does he throw them all away? BAM!) When chef Mario Batali visits--that's "Molto Mario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emeril, Eat My Dust. BAM! | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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