Search Details

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


Usage:

...debutalbum, welcome to the cruel world, hedisplays a remarkably developed songwriting style,putting his personal imprint on traditionalfolkish melodies. While his arrangements are notentirely similar to anything else going to today(Harper plays a triad of acoustic instruments: thedobro, the acoustic guitar, and the Weissenborn, ahollow-neck lap slide guitar) it is easilyaccessible enough to reach a wide audience...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Of Tango, Bluegrass, and surf Music... | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...shot him. While Sahraroudi was packed off to the hospital in an ambulance, the police entered the apartment. They found Qassemlou's bullet-riddled body seated in an armchair. His two associates were sprawled dead on the floor. The killers had tossed a blue baseball cap into Qassemlou's lap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Shearer set a personal best of 4:08.63 in the preliminary heats, and as late as the seventh (of eight) lap of the final, he was still in third place, when...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Track Finds Tough Hurdle at Easterns | 3/8/1994 | See Source »

While Fales divided his attention between saving lives and fighting off the Somalis -- "I'd fire a few rounds to push them back, then put my rifle across my lap and turn around to do my medical duties" -- several Rangers pulled at the crumpled wreckage to free Wolcott and the copilot. To no avail: it would eventually take a humvee with a towrope to pry the bodies free. Meanwhile, Somalis pressed ever closer, poking their weapons around doorways and firing blindly into the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid Disaster, Amazing Valor | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...breath, Murphy has deteriorated & since he was incarcerated in March 1993. A local attorney has filed suit against the Bureau of Prisons seeking his release, but Murphy doesn't really have time for a protracted legal battle. When he arrived at Rochester, he says, he could walk a lap or two on the prison track. Now he's winded after climbing down a flight of stairs. He must sleep virtually sitting up, and gets oxygen all night. He fears that a heart attack or stroke could leave him on life support rather than kill him outright. "Serving a four-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches the Ultimate Health-Care Story | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

Previous | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | Next