Search Details

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


Usage:

...archaeologists, the Iceman's fur quiver is an even rarer prize. "It is the only quiver from the Neolithic period found in the whole world," Egg marvels. Its cargo of feathered arrows marks another first. Carved from viburnum and dogwood branches, a dozen of them were unfinished. But two were primed for shooting -- with flint points and feathers. The feathers had been affixed with a resin-like glue at an angle that would cause spin in flight and help maintain a true course. "It is significant that ballistic principles were known and applied," says Notdurfter. The quiver also held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...Quayle's. Clinton chose the senator for far more than his all-American looks, and his fans in the party applaud his stands on the issues. But amidst the hoopla about his environmentalism and his foreign policy record, people still grasp for pictures. Why else do Democrats quiver in anticipation of a Gore-Quayle debate...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Placed Under a Media Microscope | 7/28/1992 | See Source »

Here's a pop quiz sure to make libertarians quiver. Which of the following items cannot be acquired without special permission: a carton of Lucky Strike nonfilters, a liter of grain alcohol, handcuffs, a hypodermic needle or (hint, hint) a nicotine patch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking The Habit | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

Winer is a self-appointed member of the Square's cafe culture--a sort of underground society that frequents the crowded hangouts where hermits cuddle in the corner with Hume, where chess masters with unkempt beards wage war for a dollar, where Jimi Hendrix impersonators make the cappuccino quiver with their electric guitars...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, | Title: Coffee-Colored Twilight | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...only arrow in Clinton's quiver. When combined with the child credit, he says, his program would save the average family with two children as much as $1,300. However, Clinton's promise to finance the credits partly through cuts in federal administrative costs sounds suspiciously insubstantial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: May The Best Plan Win | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

Previous | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Next