Word: rampant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...staggering as the numbers are, the situation would be far worse if the War on Poverty had not been waged. Medicaid, for example, is responsible for ending malnutrition-related diseases, which were rampant before L.B.J.'s war began. Is that a program we really want to cut? This is just one of the many questions the better-off had better think seriously about before the anger and frustration so many Americans feel about their own financial status causes the nation to look at the poor and say, "The hell with them...
...treaty. Under terms negotiated in 1991, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan will destroy all their nuclear warheads, while the U.S. and Russia will greatly reduce the numbers they possess. The fact that the ceremony went almost unnoticed testifies to how effectively Washington and Moscow have worked to dispel the once rampant dread of nuclear holocaust. On a lower level, Yevgeni Kozhokin, director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, points out that thousands of ordinary Americans and Russians are working together every day on various projects and that "that's a new factor for stability that never existed before." Vice President...
...speech "Professor Martin is an intelligent, well-versed Black intellectual who bases his information on indisputable fact." She's right. Martin is intelligent, he is well versed and he does base his claims, loosely, on fact. The Talmud does contain some racism. And racism against Blacks has been rampant in Europe for at least 500 years...
Speculation has been rampant as to what Rudenstine has. Chronic fatigue syndrome has been suggested by some, but the president has yet to say exactly what type of doctors he is consulting...
Defeated Virginia GOP Senate nominee and Iran-Contra figure Oliver North last night said he'll run for public office again, but not in 1996 as many had anticipated. (Rampant Washington rumors had North pitted against the state's Republican senator, John Warner, who refused to support North's bid this year.) "It's not a matter of if I run again, it's when. And it's not 1996," North said Wednesday on CNN's "Larry King Live." He didn't specify what office he might pursue, but did commit to burying the hatchet with Warner.Post your opinion...