Search Details

Word: phil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...local snow emergency kept Phil's Towingbusy, as about fifty Cantabrigain carsinvoluntarily received the company's services,according to Phil's Towing employee John Burke...

Author: By Stephanie P. Wexler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 16.2-Inch Snowfall Stalls City, Airport | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Some fans were outraged when New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, right, was fined $1,500 for wearing his socks too high, but he was philosophical: "Shows you how times have changed -- they used to fine you $50." Simms should have known better, though; the Official N.F.L. Playing Rules clearly state what kind of hosiery players must wear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Review of the Play Shows Illegal Socks | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Republicans have crowed all year that Clinton's is doomed to become a failed presidency. A few of the more shameless Senate leaders have taken this as an article of faith; Clinton was still moving furniture into the White House when Bob Dole and Phil Gramm started to spend their free time in New Hampshire...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: The Energizer Bunny President | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

Anachronistic? Defiantly. The blood on these guitars is Chuck Berry red. The production reverbs with the heavenly choirs, sleigh bells and mausoleum echoes of Phil Spector's wailing Wall of Sound. The lyric lines are long and chatty, with more pomp to the bomp. Bat II is the '50s, '60s and '70s, packed in steel and wrapped in Mylar. Or go back even further. Meat Loaf is not quite Jussi Bjorling, and Steinman ain't no Wagner, but in rock terms Bat Out of Hell II is a Gotterdammerung you can dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meat Loaf's Prime Cuts | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Anachronistic? Defiantly. The blood on these guitars is Chuck Berry red. The production reverbs with the heavenly choirs, sleigh bells and mausoleum echoes of Phil Spector's wailing Wall of Sound. The lyric lines are long and chatty, with more pomp to the bomp. Bat II is the '50s, '60s and '70s, packed in steel and wrapped in Mylar. Or go back even further. Meat Loaf is not quite Jussi Bjorling, and Steinman ain't no Wagner, but in rock terms Bat Out of Hell II is a Gotterdammerung you can dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meat Loaf's Prime Cuts | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Previous | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | Next