Search Details

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


Usage:

...intimacy with his neighbors is limited by his multiethnic past. The red thread of the narrative—which varies subtly in style and voice, as well as location—is Willie’s inner self, the half a life that remains constant inside, while the outer layer varies to suit its setting and audience...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nobel Prize Winner's Newest: 'Half A Life' | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...cabinet-level director, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, plan to carry out that mission. On the one hand, the order shows that Bush is capable of a rapid response to new danger. But on the other hand, that response “expanding the cabinet and adding another layer of bureaucracy” seems entirely out of left field...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Office of Homeland Obscurity | 10/24/2001 | See Source »

Qiviut: the fine, soft, light brown inner layer of hair of the musk...

Author: By A.j. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revenge of the Nerds | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...Mark Thompson: The next step would be to bomb Taliban and terrorist targets that can't shoot back. You go after air defenses in order to protect your pilots. After a couple of days of leveling what air defenses they have, you move on to the next layer, which would be military depots, secondary command structures, even prosaic things like motor pools and housing for soliders, if there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens After the Airstrikes? | 10/9/2001 | See Source »

Accounts at Suntrust and Dime Bancorp surely form just the exposed layer of the terrorists' deeply buried finances. They may have employed a system of brokers called hawala, which means "in trust" in Hindi. It's essentially an IOU system based on mutual trust and little record keeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plot Comes Into Focus | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

Previous | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | Next