Search Details

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


Usage:

...chocolates and other gadgets Olympiques. Billboards around town featured uplifting quotations from Andre Gide and Catullus, while discos offered such unlikely come-ons as "La Nuit du Single People." But for the most part, the Savoyards seemed unaffected by the world's sudden attentions, and by the nomadic pin traders spreading their wares along the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: At The Starting Gate | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...faraway places is not for the fainthearted, but with exotic stocks packaged in funds, an investor undeterred by transaction costs can even daydream of multiplying his gains by surfing around the world, taking a short, profitable ride on each cresting wave. All he needs is a globe, a pin and some strong hunches. In the '90s even distant neighbors have no trouble keeping up with the Dow Joneses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Of Business | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...that's a lot to ask for this time around: the damage has already been done. We can only hope that future political races will depend less on the quick fix and more on the responsible decision-making without which the democratic process is nothing but Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Candidate Quick Fix | 2/12/1992 | See Source »

Early in the second, Harvard finally put one between the pipes. Whyte made a pin-point pass to Alissi who charged towards the crease. The sophomore sniper deflected the puck by Tiernan to put Harvard...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icewomen Down Eagles in 'Pot, 5-1 | 2/5/1992 | See Source »

...week, "Have you ever committed adultery?" he replied, "If I had, I wouldn't tell you." He admits that his 16-year marriage has gone through some troubled times but says it is now solid. Friends, and even some foes, note that no one has ever been able to pin down anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Bill Clinton For Real? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

Previous | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | Next