Word: path
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...predatory, just an expression of the atavistic male urge to be a hunter-ogler. (Women's urges are typically defined as natural, men's as primitive. We know it's true, and we shrug.) I've asked lots of people if they've ever suddenly diverted their path to follow a member of the opposite sex. Every woman I've asked has said no, often with an incredulous head-shake; every man has said yes. One fellow - we'll call him Steve - told me of a time he was driving across the Brooklyn Bridge and spotted a luscious woman...
This is a very scary prospect indeed. A filibuster-proof Senate would be devastating not only for the Democratic Party but also for our governmental system. It would mark the obsolescence of what has emerged as a key part of the system of checks and balances that ensure a path of moderation, and clear the path for Republican domination of government policy...
...walk unassisted to the South Pole. "Then again," he adds, "he probably saw that ridge over there as leading to Tomah and thought, if we get across, we'll be right." But Caley was wrong; the ridge on the other side only revealed more ridges and valleys in his path. Two hundred years have not made the descent any kinder; it remains a knee-jarring scramble down to where the Grose River jostles between boulders, and, just as Caley's men did with homemade twine, the team has to lower its packs on rope where the rock face is steepest...
...understand that we are still in the hunt,” coach Peter Brand said. “[They know] we need to double our efforts as we move on to meet our other tough Ivy League opponents…Everyone contributed and if we continue along this path I believe good things will be coming our way this season...
...industrial zone along the eastern corridor, moving into the thick of the cement plants and metal-strewn yards. The soldiers geared up to drive into the teeth of the resistance--the kind of fight the military had been spoiling for. JDAMs rocked the earth and artillery carved a path forward as the sounds of fire fights resonated in all directions...