Word: quested
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Crimson heavies did not take their poor performance last Saturday lightly. Their new motto is "DECISIVE!" And they are anxious to demonstrate their speed and skill, and decimate anyone this weekend. In their quest to beat Harvard, the Engineers could not have selected a more unfortunate racing date...
...these literary crime fighters is David Krotz, author of How to Hide Almost Anything. Krotz, who is a carpenter as well as a writer, conjures up a harrowing world. Intruders perch upon window sills, second-story men prowl through closets, burglars tiptoe through kitchens and bedrooms. Their quest...
...Bulgarian Petkoffs, on the other hand, display fierce and stupid loyalty, and despite their new money and active quest for culture, they have not managed to refine their boorish manners. (These unflattering references to the Bulgarian character, incidentally, prompted a riot by Bulgarian students when the play was put on in Vienna...
...sole legitimate ruler of the entire country. Even after Taiwan's expulsion from the U.N. in 1971, Chiang rejected all attempts at compromise. As long as he was alive, recovery of the mainland stood, in his words, as "the inalterable national purpose." As the world embarked on the quest for a new relationship with his enemy in Peking, Chiang never budged. And thus, the world simply had to step around...
...early 1974, Colby knew what Hersh knew and privately cautioned the Times not to pursue the story. In September 1974, Lloyd Shearer of Parade magazine learned from a crewman on the Glomar Explorer, the Howard Hughes ship, about the quest and tried to confirm it through Hughes' Summa Corp., without success. Alerted by Summa, Colby some months later reached Shearer, confirmed the basic facts and persuaded him to keep mum, arguing that recovery of the sub might yield some "ultrasecret" Soviet coding equipment...