Word: professes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...enter to the tinkling bell full of the suspect hope of rescuing yourself, your long-lost self, your deserved self, the self that has been promised by the many-tongued copy boys and girls (although you profess to be unconvinced). You are sophisticated: the meretricity of attractive bottles holding substances of pleasant colors cannot seduce...
Your article about the Freedom Festival of the Christian-Patriots Defense League in Louisville, Ill. [Nov. 5], is interesting, but scary. It is ironic that people who profess to be aggressive, patriotic Christians are giving lessons in how to blow away their fellow...
Although some 50 firms are in the personal computer field, it is dominated by three: Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore. But IBM is eying the market, and Texas Instruments last May introduced a $1,500 model that can also be programmed for sound. Apple executives profess to welcome these entrants. The Apple corps believe that the big newcomers will help expand the market for all by advertising heavily to teach more people the wonders of personal computers...
Founded in 1915 "to kill with ridicule those who profess the virtue of war," the left-leaning Canard (circ. 550,000) has skewered generations of French leaders with needle wit and wicked cartoons...
...attacking the Christian religion, committed-at least officially-to nonviolence and forgiving insults, the Monty Pythons know full well they are shooting at a sitting duck, capable of only a few gentle protests. If they profess to be daring, I challenge them to bring out a Life of Mohammed. If they do. some zealous Muslims will no doubt use the film credits as a hit list, and the Monty Python problem will be swiftly and satisfactorily resolved...