Word: partialities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...road truckers and barges are all competitive with one another at some points, it is remarkable that lobbyists for these interests have unanimously recommended Adams' nomination. The one sour note was sounded by consumer groups−taking their cue from Ralph Nader−that favor total rather than partial deregulation. But even they could not accuse Adams of being in the pocket of any interest group or lobby...
...about 223 million metric tons), Brezhnev was forced to announce this fall that he intends to plow $228 billion more into the farm sector in the next five years, acknowledging that this would crimp other sectors of the economy. He attacked shortcomings in efficiency and quality, and the "puny, partial improvements" in production of consumer goods, but offered little hope for improvement...
...lifting, Bill was on the ship when the retrieved portions were being dissected. In a sense, Hersh's account reinforced the original CIA thesis: only the sub's forward third was recovered. But he added that four torpedoes were found as well as a partial description of cryptographic codes and booklets on the state of Soviet nuclear technology...
There last week at the age of 63, Britten died peacefully in bed when his weakened heart gave out. He had never fully recovered from open-heart surgery early in 1973 for implantation of an artificial heart valve. He came out of the anesthesia with partial paralysis of his right arm. The pity was that it ended his performing career. Playing with Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and his friend Tenor Peter Pears, with whom he shared a semi-manorial brick house in Aldeburgh, Britten was a deft, expressive accompanist at the piano. He was an exceptional conductor, not only...
Still, fans of Macondo will recognize the magic and hyperbole. For example, as the ultimate outrage the Americans confiscate the sea in partial payment of the national debt: they survey it, roll it up and ship it home to water the Arizona desert, leaving an endless lunar plain...