Search Details

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


Usage:

...other parts of the Islamic world) is not religion but politics. The warring parties cloak themselves in religious garb and quote suras to suit their agendas, but at the end of the day their objective is not religious legitimacy but political supremacy. It is amazing how many Western writers miss that point--and all the more to Ghosh's credit that he grasps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 19, 2007 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...pitch, he is difficult to miss. The Grand Prairie, Tex. native works smoothly and runs upright. Rarely does he appear caught out of position, or uncertain with his feet...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frosh Eyes Next Goal | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...when you get behind a woman with lots of earrings and bracelets who doesn't know how the machine works - and there are hundreds of people pushing and shoving behind you. I've seen sick people desperate to reach a doctor, or people screaming because they're going to miss their airplane or connection to Jordan, but no matter how hard they shout, it never does any good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Room for Civility at the Checkpoint | 3/5/2007 | See Source »

...mounted a stunning insurgency, reeling off three-point plays on four of their next five possessions to pull ahead for good.Sophomore point guard Drew Housman tied the game and silenced the crowd by nailing a three off a feed from freshman guard Jeremy Lin. After a rare long-distance miss from Big Red assassin Ryan Wittman, Goffredo followed with his seventh—and most crucial—three-pointer of the night, using an up-fake to get Wittman in the air, then stepping to the side to calmly drill the triple and put Harvard up by three.Four straight...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Rallies to Topple Cornell | 3/4/2007 | See Source »

...will miss his sharp intelligence, his delightful wit, and his broad understanding of times past and present,” Faust said of her fellow historian...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Schlesinger, Revered Intellectual, Is Dead at 89 | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | Next