Word: rolled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Both Reyes and Beys, when asked why the bill passed two hand counts 25-23 before failing the official roll call 27-23, said some members voted against the bill because they were afraid it would be perceived as frivolous...
...Horrified, he vows that from thatmoment on, he will "go with the flow." No more ofthis insensitive caterwauling about money. Ofcourse, George has a bit of trouble keeping hispromise. A few scenes later, Nina refuses to bailhim out of jail until he agrees to "pull ittogether," to stop hyperventilating, rolling hiseyes, unbuttoning his top button and making facesabout his daughter's astronomical matrimonialprice tag. Every eye roll, he admits, detractsfrom Annie's happiness...
Before a single note has been played, The Dylans' self-titled debut album displays its allegiance to sixties rock and roll with all the subtlety of a jackhammer...
...think it is necessary for the [Rent Control]committee to roll up their sleeves and examinewhat's wrong," Vice Mayor Edward N. Cyr said. Healso said the council should not tolerate renthikes based on capital improvements if they werenot done
Forty years ago, one of the epic processes in the assertion of human rights started unfolding in the U.S.: the civil rights movement. But today, after more than a decade of government that did its best to ignore the issues of race when it was not trying to roll back the gains of the '60s, the usual American response to inequality is to rename it, in the hope that it will go away. We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism. Does the cripple rise...