Word: relics
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Every relic counts," said Harvard Professor Emeritus Harry Levin. "Shakespeare's work has ceased to be a literary consideration. It has become part of our culture, almost part of our ideology and religion...
...mint-condition Queen Anne highboy or Paul Revere candlesticks may be coveted objects to the average antique hound. But two chemists with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are tracking down a more unusual relic: old air. Allen Ogard and Jane Poths are seeking samples of air that was sealed off decades or even centuries ago. Reason: to determine whether the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased in the two centuries since the start of the industrial revolution. By some calculations, the extensive burning of oil and other fossil fuels has added to the shield...
...straight and strong again. His face showed signs of peace and pain; the peace that has come to him, the pain he leaves behind. As many as 18,000 people passed by every hour, moving almost too fast to pray. The cell phones served as cameras, capturing a relic to carry home...
...more than 6%, though it continued its role in central government. Until last week, that is, when Haider announced the formation of a new party, the Alliance for the Future of Austria, which would absorb all of the FPO's government ministers. Dismissing the FPO as "an important historical relic," Haider said it was time to focus on domestic issues such as jobs, families and cultural identity. "We do not want to use up all of our energy on our internal critics, we want to use it for Austria," he said. Schüssel says he will continue his "successful...
...given to seeing complexities, fine distinctions, or shades of gray. His refusal to compromise on matters such as contraception, abortion, euthanasia, and homosexuality seemed something out of another age. Many thought—and still think—him to be an out of touch relic: the leader of an old and superstitious faith who will soon be forgotten by a more sophisticated society...