Search Details

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


Usage:

...still the stern, domineering, iron-willed parent. (He had gone to France for the Red Cross during the war, became such an ardent Francophile that when he came home, he carried his own sack of French croissants whenever he went into a restaurant.) He kept a tight rein on Lew. Peggy hated the life. When a Prescott newsman suggested that Lew run for the state legislature, both Lew and Peggy jumped at the chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Manager Abroad | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...through Delegate Warren Austin, explained that under its Constitution people can speak good or evil, truth or falsehood. Warmongers and peacemongers had free rein, and throughout U.S. history, especially recent U.S. history, the peacemongers won the arguments. The New York Times said: "What is the real cause of uncertainty in the world today? Is it words or is it deeds? We think it is deeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Podzhlgateli Voiny | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...weeks to come the Crimson hopes to offer what can only be partial and tentative answers. The brightest possibility of a more through study is presented by the Student Council's intention to draw on the best minds in the College and University and give them free rein to look into the numberless aspects of the problem and formulate extensive proposals and suggestions. The project should not be delayed, for it offers possibilities whose value is beyond calculation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 10/23/1947 | See Source »

...Trans-Siberian Railway through most of the trip, and the book necessarily suffers from the limitations of such a vantage point. This narrow scope of observation does not, however invalidate his report; it merely robs it of the greater sampling possible if be had been allowed free rein to talk and travel as he pleased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH NUSSIA'S BACK DOOR, by Richard E. Lauterbach; Harper & Brothers, Publishers. pp. 239. $2.75. | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...organized his first Dada exhibition in his native Cologne, 27 years had passed. That had been quite a show. The entrance had been through a public lavatory, and visitors were given hatchets to smash what they liked-since the idea was to give everybody's subconscious desires free rein. In one corner a schoolgirl in a white Communion dress pipingly recited obscene verses. Quite delightful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Importance of Being Ernst | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

Previous | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | Next