Search Details

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


Usage:

...learning process. They think about the questions. There are plusses over memorization. You learn it better," he says. However, "it depends on student participation. Sometimes one or two students dominate a tutorial. The dynamics of the group are important. Our job is also to try to draw out quieter students...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Future Physicians Learn How to Learn | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...plane has no vertical tail surface, giving it the appearance of a manta ray, according to one witness. Little is known about a separate aircraft being tested in northern California, which spotters say appears to be a successor to the F-117A fighter but is powered by a quieter engine. The Air Force developed the F-117A Stealth jet in complete secrecy and had 56 of them flying before their existence was publicly announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Flock Of Stealths | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Thankfully, the lead players also give strong performances. Hill is believable as the broken, nostalgic Boo; his voice softens as he journeys back in time, and he whimsically captures Boo's befuddlement. And Meloy is convincingly hysterical as Bette--she even looks lost--but she sometimes flounders in the quieter moments of the script...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Durang's Family Tragedy | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

...only difference in this party and other parties is that the music is quieter, the people are in coats and ties and there are no women," says the punchee...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Punched Out: How to Get Into a Final Club | 10/24/1990 | See Source »

...strength has faded, the services have not changed their ways. The Air Force is planning for a new generation of advanced Stealth fighters, the Army for a new breed of 80-ton tanks so massive they could not be driven across bridges even in Europe, the Navy for faster, quieter nuclear submarines and a fleet of destroyers costing $1 billion apiece. If they could bring themselves to accept modernized follow-on generations of the highly capable weapons already in the inventory, the services could acquire more of them faster and more cheaply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Military Message | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Previous | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Next